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The Great Dealmaker Fails to Close

Saturday, March 25, 2017

The Art of Failure: The House Republican majority could not muster a majority among its own members to repeal and replace Obamacare as promised in last year’s election campaign. President Trump, who campaigned as the master deal maker, fell flat …

Trump Defies Party, Paterno Knew

Monday, May 9, 2016

Political Fun House: Always full of surprises, Donald Trump said on ABC News yesterday that as president he would consider higher taxes on the rich. “I am willing to pay more, and you know what, the wealthy are willing to …

Gathering Storm, Red Sox Lead

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Healthcare: The gathering storm over Obamacare is not the website troubles, but that the Obama administration might have known that millions of Americans will lose the health insurance they already have. President Obama repeatedly promised that, “If you like your …

Manning Guilty, Housing Up, Weiner “Rolls”

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

National: Pfc. Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charges of aiding the enemy when he gave 700,000 classified documents to WikiLeaks, but he still faces a long time in prison. He was convicted of 19 of 21 charges, …

Kicking the Can, The Apartment Plot

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Clifftomania: The stock market jumped this morning on news of Congressional action. The House late yesterday approved the Senate tax bill to pull back from the Fiscal Cliff, which technically the country already fell off at midnight yesterday. The vote …

Erasing The Record

Monday, October 22, 2012

The sport of bicycling has wiped out Lance Armstrong’s seven straight Tour de France titles in the continuing effort by sports authorities to re-write history. Now in the Tour records there is a seven-year gap, one year longer than the …