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January 2008

Attorney General Giuliani?

Rudy Giuliani has now officially endorsed John McCain for the Republican nomination, calling McCain an American hero. Rudy would be an excellent pick for an Attorney General in a Republican administration. As a former prosecutor and USA, he has the right connections and the right set of experience. He’d be tough and crime and government [...]

Posted in Campaign 2008, Politics

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So Long, Johnny Boy

It looks like John Edwards is leaving the 2008 race. Edwards was an also-ran in the race, but it is somewhat surprising that he is giving up before Super Tuesday. Generally candidates don’t leave unless the money is tight, and Edwards seems to have been doing well enough in terms of fundraising to stay on [...]

Posted in Campaign 2008, Politics

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Failing To Learn From History… Correctly

Mitch Berg takes a rhetorical baseball bat to a Star-Tribune op-ed calling for a new New Deal. Columnist Bob MacLean thinks that the US badly needs a make-work program to “rebuild infrastructure”—a theory which Berg manages to tear apart with aplomb. The columnist suggests the following: Let’s use the $150 billion currently proposed for rebates [...]

Posted in Economics, Idiotarianism

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