(Source: White House) I was following the Republican presidential primaries in 1988 when Jack Kemp made an insightful comment to conclude a speech he was delivering to a Hispanic group in Corpus Christi: “Ladies and gentlemen, our future lies ahead of us!” The theme of Obama’s State of the Union address last night: “My future […]

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  There’s a folksy saying my grandma taught me: ‘If it smells like licorice and tastes like licorice, it must be licorice.’ Now it has a corollary: ‘Or it could also be a 4-methylcyclohexane methanol spill into your water supply, so grab the children and run for your lives.’ It’s not quite as folksy anymore.” […]

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(Source: Bloomberg) Every January, our global corporate and financial executive superstars, accompanied by assorted heads of state and deep thinkers, make the trek up the Alps to the Swiss village of Davos. They don’t come to party, though they do their share of imbibing. They come instead to “solve” the world’s problems. The world faces […]

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(Source: White House) President Obama’s State of the Union Address, according to briefings and leaks, will emphasize the president’s use of executive power to get the public’s business done despite a divided and severely deadlocked Congress. That’s a good, overdue idea. Obama has the power to make a practical difference in the lives of millions of […]

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(Source: AJC) In his campaign for reelection to the Senate, Lindsey Graham is facing several challengers from his right, all of whom are complaining that Graham is not conservative enough to represent the state of South Carolina. Tea Party challenger Nancy Mace, the first female graduate of The Citadel, is complaining that Republican Lindsey Graham […]

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