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You, Me. Them, We.

There’s no us. The current malaise in our politics and its corollary in our elite’s thinking is that we are experiencing a clash of world views. This prevents compromise. It disallows the existence of a muddled center. And it looks down upon the notion of a coherent polity. Instead it substitutes an endless series of […]

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Housing Rebounds Strongly

One way to take your mind off of sequester week is to look at today’s report on home sales. It’s good. Sales of new homes shot up 15.6% in January to an annual rate of 437,000. That’s the fastest pace since the middle of 2008. Not only this, but the inventory of unsold new homes […]

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Ho Hum, Another Crisis

Hey everyone: it’s sequester week! Aren’t you excited? No? I don’t blame you. And you’re not alone. According to Pew Research only 27% of Americans give a fig about the upcoming sequester. This despite it’s evident and widespread negative impact. This contrasts with the 50%+ who claimed to be intensely interested and concerned about the […]

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