Brief Thoughts

Brief Thoughts: Should We Have A Constitutional Convention?

June 17, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Should We Have A Constitutional Convention?

Welcome back folks, to another look into my mind on politics.  I intended these ‘Brief Thoughts’ posts to be a daily, or near-daily, thing, and now that I’m all settled into my internship for the summer, I’ll make a shot at meeting that schedule.  Of course, an interesting article from the Huffington Post the...

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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

June 14, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Just Who the Hell is Alvin Greene?

Oh, South Carolina, just when we thought you’d given us all the political scandals you could muster, you just keep them coming.  One of the more interesting developments out of the primaries last Tuesday was the shocking win of Alvin Greene over heavily favored former state lawmaker Vic Rawl.  Okay, so upsets happen all...

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Brief Thoughts: Defense Spending Reform Takes Shape

June 4, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: Defense Spending Reform Takes Shape

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about how Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is going to make a serious attempt at squeezing savings out of the Department of Defense and how it would be a great example for the rest of the government if it were to work.  Of course,...

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Brief Thoughts: The Deficit Needs to be Dealt With, but So Does Unemployment

May 29, 2010
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Brief Thoughts: The Deficit Needs to be Dealt With, but So Does Unemployment

Today, we saw a repeat of what happened the last few months with regard to the special extensions to unemployment benefits; on Tuesday, millions of Americans will, once again, see an interruption in their unemployment checks thanks to Congress balking at extending the measures that were intended to only be temporary. At least...

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