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    History Matters

    November 13, 2015

    Yes it does. I was just talking to a friend about an old British TV documentary about the making of modern Britain. Basically it’s a history of British society from about 1900 through to 1945. As a program it’s pretty good. But that’s not its relevance to us. What it reminds us is that our […]

    Commentary, Politics, Uncategorized / Republicans /

    Disbelief as Belief

    November 13, 2015

    Are we at a point of true reflection on the right in politics? Here in the US we have the extraordinary spectacle of a bevy of outsiders of various political stripes leading in the polls not long before the election process gets into its more concrete moments. Decisions are looming very closely. A few months back […]

    Economics, Politics / fiscal policy, government spending, Reagan, Republicans, tax cuts /

    Republican Debt Builders

    November 12, 2015

    Just to make the point, here is a chart I grabbed, back in 2012, from Atlantic magazine:                       It shows the increase in the national debt as a percentage of GDP during various presidential regimes. Guess what? Reagan – he of small government and endless […]

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