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What It Takes to Get Bi-Partisan Action from Congress

Byhenry September 6, 2016

Ticket scalping. Civilization will surely fall if they don’t get together on this one!

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HRC Panders on Oil
Byhenry May 1, 2008
There is always profit for politicians in pandering to the short term interests of the voters. That’s because there are enough voters who simply don’t understand their long term interest or who don’t care enough about the future to take it into consideration. The stimulus package is one such case of pandering, and all the…
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The Value and Danger of Forensics
Byhenry February 19, 2009
The value, of course, is that they provide us with more objective views than eyewitness testimony, for example. There’s a bit of a forensics craze running the country with shows like CSI making the idea of forensic evidence popular and fun. But such shows tend to distort the picture in various ways. To make an…
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Thinking about Business Regulation
Byhenry November 28, 2008
The current financial crisis has been cast as a failure of the left by the right, and failure of the right by the left. Did laissez faire capitalism fail or was it excessive taxation or regulation? Perhaps it was a combination. I use “left” and “right” here strictly in the context of capitalism, with “right”…
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Of Christians and Ayn Rand
Byhenry January 5, 2019
There have been a number of articles recently discussing Ayn Rand and her Christian supporters and (supposed) followers. One of these is by Sheila Kennedy, who doesn’t do all that bad, though I still see things differently. Key Questions which I Might not Answer The key issues I encounter are: How can a Christian enjoy…
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Iraq:What Now for Mixed Shia – Sunni Families – MSNBC.com
Byhenry March 5, 2006
In an article subtitled Love in a Time of Madness Newsweek (via MSNBC.com) calls our attention to the human side of the conflict in Iraq. It’s easy to become tied up with strategic goals such as how we prevent terrorism, how we can get out of Iraq and still at least feel that we accomplished…
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Boycotts and Chinese Voodoo Dolls
Byhenry May 26, 2006
Every few days I get an e-mail from one or another Christian group that wants me to boycott something or try to get someone else to boycott. Though most of the e-mails I get are from conservatives, liberals are by no means immune to the urge to boycott. I’m not a boycotter. I don’t even…
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