Month: October 2010

Smart Presidents versus Dumb Presidents

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     It is one of the more ingrained myths of the modern American political experience that the more liberal you are, the more likely you are going to be seen as intellectually gifted or even brilliant,  the more conservative, more likely the dummy with persistence.   Quick – name our “intellectually gifted” presidents of the last fifty […]... Read More
scan0026 Standar and Poor's State Bond Ratings 2009

Is Your State Well Run?

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      As the election of November 2nd closes in, the national perspective often clouds the fact that this election is very much a plebiscite on the quality of state and local governmental management.  Governors seats and the senate and assembly positions are up for grabs across the nation, and as Tip O’Neill, the old Boston pol once so […]... Read More
THE SIGNING OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

A Month To Go

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     It is only one month to go in that most marathon of marathons, the American national election cycle.  The process of election in the United States has become so time consumptive, expensive, and career oriented, that the consideration that there are important ideas to be debated and democratically determined often gets lost in the […]... Read More