Category: politics
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I Agree with Cuomo !?!
As a New York state resident, I don’t often utter the words “I agree with Governor Cuomo.” But I do this weekend. Cuomo blasted New York city politicians, including the socialist troubadour and media-darling Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (I still believe THIS should be real) for causing Amazon to pull out of the intended construction of a new…
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My Musings about the Mid-Term Election on LoneUmbrella.com
One of my former students runs a terrific site called Lone Umbrella, where he does top-notch, fact-based political analysis. I sure wish I could take credit for his brilliance! But alas, he’s just that good. He asked me to be a guest contributor on his site and I had the privilege of writing up my…
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Supreme Court Confirmations – By the Numbers!
In a topsy-turvy two weeks of high political drama, the US Senate is on the brink of voting on the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. If he does survive the FBI background check currently underway, and he is confirmed, it will be by the slimmest of margins. Perhaps even one vote. If…
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Will They or Won’t They: The Trump-Un Dance
I’ve been following the on-again, off-again US-North Korean summit news with much interest, like, I suppose, is much of the world. For me, it’s more than just the issues of global peace that interest me, though those are, without doubt, the most important part about this possible diplomatic break-through. My interest is more than just…
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One View on the Paris Accord Pullout
Well, President Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Accords and the anti-Trump pundits are in a full tizzy about him doing exactly what he said he was going to do during his campaign. You can debate the merits of the Paris Accords all you like, and you’ll find people on both sides of the…
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Minimum Wage Robots
Does mandated federal and state minimum wage increases help those struggling on low paying jobs? Or does it simply give more jobs to robots? In this opinion piece from the Wall Street Journal, The Minimum Wage Should be Called the Robot Employment Act, Mr. Pudzer makes the case that the increasing minimum wage will do nothing…
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9th Circuit Seems to Get This One Wrong
If you agree with the rule of law, regardless of your political persuasions, then this ruling by the 9th Circuit to refuse to lift a stay on President Trump’s immigration order is just plain wrong. Here. You can read the law for yourself. US law code says this, word for word, verbatim, exactly as it…
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Democracy Hits Back
With the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States this weekend, democracy has officially hit back! The U.S. political landscape has always been a see-saw affair, with one party pulling one direction for a while until the other party swings back with a vengeance. It is in this give and take that we…
Author Mark W Sasse 