Amerikas Kultur des Defizits
We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
Dec 1, 2010
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We’ve heard for years that the government’s deficit was too big. They said it of Reagan’s deficit and George W. Bush’s. But no government...
The first great post-election policy decision facing the lame-duck, Democrat-dominated Congress is whether or not to allow taxes to
Januar 2001 - Beide Präsidentschaftskandidaten haben Pläne für das Bildungswesen, das Gesundheitswesen und Steuersenkungen vorgestellt und ihre religiösen Überzeugungen dargelegt.
Politische Reformer träumen schon lange davon, das Geld aus dem Tempel der Demokratie zu vertreiben. Sie argumentieren, dass Wahlkampfspenden von wohlhabenden Einzelpersonen und Interessengruppen Einfluss erkaufen - staatliche Subventionen, Erleichterungen von lästigen Vorschriften und Änderungen von Gesetzen durch Sonderinteressen - und damit gegen den Grundsatz "ein Mann, eine Stimme" verstoßen. Geld zahlt auch für aggressive "Themenanzeigen" während der Wahlsaison und vergiftet so die Atmosphäre rationaler Diskussionen bei Bürgerversammlungen, von denen demokratische Idealisten träumen.
Als George W. Bush Präsident war und die Republikaner beide Häuser des Kongresses kontrollierten, wandten sich einige verzweifelte Liberale an George...
In the wake of the victory of Christine O’Donnell, backed by Tea Party members, over establishment Republican Mike Castle in Delaware’s
Todd Henderson, of the group blog “Truth on the Market,” had a suggestion last Thursday : Subject politicians to the same good-governance
Just as you thought American pop-politics could go no lower, a woman with real curb appeal appears on the political scene. Meghan McCain
A system of government with elected representatives is a good thing, but more fundamental than the form by which the government is chosen...
“I’m really looking forward to hearing a speech by someone who is involved in innovation, knows America’s place in the world market and has
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is not returning U.S. President Barack Obama's calls. I'm being theatrical. Obama is demanding that Germany
Front, my side (call us the “Alliance for Choice”) was recently crushed by the Egalitarian Axis in the Battle of the Universal Pre-K Lottery
This is not mere rhetoric. It describes a crack in the American community that since Barack Obama’s election as president has widened into..
February 6, 2004 -- Today is the birthday of a great man who, tragically, doesn’t know it. Ronald Reagan is 93 years old, but Alzheimer’s...
George Washington unfortunately has become a cliché. For an older generation, he was too often treated as such a mythic figure that it was..
we celebrate the creation of the United States of America. Our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, reads, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal.
Republican Scott Brown has been elected to fill the U.S. Senate seat for Massachusetts that arch-Liberal Ted Kennedy had filled...
Winston Churchill famously observed that, “socialism is the equal sharing of misery.” In the same spirit, Democratic presidential candidate
The first 2008 presidential election event involving the presumptive nominees, Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama and Arizona Republic
Es gibt heute keinen allgemein anerkannten konservativen Standpunkt, und jede gegenteilige Behauptung ist leicht ins Lächerliche zu ziehen...