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Politics and Policy

The Need for a Better Third Political Party

by Vingold on October 19, 2006

In the Washington Post this morning we have this article about Paul Morrison:
Moderates in Kansas Decide They’re Not in GOP Anymore – washingtonpost.com
WICHITA — Paul Morrison, a career prosecutor who specializes in putting killers behind bars, has the bulletproof resume and the rugged looks of a law-and-order Republican, which is what he was until last [...]

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The Difference Between Capitalism and Liberalism

by Vingold on September 14, 2006

A great George Will column in the Washington Post today:
George F. Will – Democrats Vs. Wal-Mart – washingtonpost.com
The argument he makes could be extended and be made about the differences between progressive liberalism and market driven capitalism as well.

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Start with a clean slate for schools…

by Vingold on September 16, 2005

Whenever the topic of School or Educational reform comes up between my friends and me, I always argue that you can’t talk about school reform in the incremental.
You must talk about it wholesale.
Destroy everything and start all over.
Go in with zero pre-conceived ideas. Have only a list of results in mind for what a [...]

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