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How do you interpret a constitution?

May 10, 2013Tim Kowal 11 Comments

The biggest cause of confusion faced by Originalists—the folks who think the Constitution means what it originally did in the late 1700s—isn’t the one you’d probably guess at first.  You’d probably guess it has to do with how we can… Continue Reading →

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Customer Feedback, Week 3

January 20, 2013Tim Kowal 22 Comments

[Lay impressions on the week’s politics for the benefit of hypothetical GOP leaders looking to know whether and how the week’s political messaging went over. More information about this series can be found here. Other posts in the series can… Continue Reading →

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Customer Feedback, Week 2: “Where Are the Republicans?”

January 12, 2013Tim Kowal 73 Comments

[Lay impressions on the week’s politics for the benefit of hypothetical GOP leaders looking to know whether and how the week’s political messaging went over. More information about this series can be found here. Other posts in the series can… Continue Reading →

Customer Feedback, Uncategorized coin cliff, debt ceiling, debt cliff, fiscal cliff, trillion dollar coin

Book Report 2012

December 29, 2012Tim Kowal 1 Comment

While the little one made 2012 a light blogging year, I tried to keep up with my book list as a consolation.  Past book reports are here:  2011; 2010; and 2009. 1. The Death and Life of the Great American… Continue Reading →

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History Flashback: Mandate 1992!

November 9, 2012Tom Van Dyke 4 Comments

43.0% popular vote 370-168 electoral votes 55.2% turnout Senate [+1 Dem to 57-43] House [-9 to the GOP, still way Dem 258-176] Discuss. Mandate for what? Bonus question: 1994. WTF is a “Gingrich,” anywayz? [Time cover HT: Discroll @ InstaP]

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When Dad Makes Your Halloween Costume

October 31, 2012Tom Van Dyke 6 Comments
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Din’t Catch the Debate But Tellya Who Won

October 3, 2012Tom Van Dyke 5 Comments

As it is the wife-unit’s birthday today, I took her out to a long overdue movie, some recreational shopping at the second-hand store and then to the dollar mart. And as she’s not the political-talk type [too much yelling], I… Continue Reading →

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Don’t Bother Watching: Barack’s Campaign Concedes First Debate to Mitt

October 2, 2012Tom Van Dyke 5 Comments

You heard it here first. Actually, second. Via InstaP: Obama campaign deputy manager Stephanie Cutter: “[W]e’re coming into this debate very realistic that Mitt Romney is likely to win if he plays his cards right. If he performs and fills… Continue Reading →

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Alexander Hamilton’s Natural Law Reading List

September 10, 2012Tom Van Dyke 25 Comments

“If you will follow my advice, there still may be hopes of your reformation. Apply yourself, without delay, to the study of the law of nature. I would recommend to your perusal, Grotius, Puffendorf, Locke, Montesquieu, and Burlemaqui. I might… Continue Reading →

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Bill Clinton’s History Lesson

September 6, 2012Tom Van Dyke 17 Comments

“We champion the cause for which our founders pledged their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor— to form a more perfect union. If that’s what you believe, if that’s what you want, we have to re-elect President Barack Obama.” Except… Continue Reading →

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