The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before…

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While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April,...

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.

The regulation of medicine has been a State function.

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask...

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

Now, most of the time I'm going to agree with the Democrats and disagree with...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

They appear to have become so attached to their outrage that they are even more...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

Well, many of us believe that excessive media concentration is a subject that ought to...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...

In this view, the role of the great majority of Americans is simply to buy...

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

For many of those who had historically supported welfare programs in the broadest sense, it...

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

If people knew of ethics violations, they should have sent them to the Ethics Committee....

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

When community action was put into federal law in the early sixties as part of...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

Before this learning experience, I had assumed that with regard to programs that sought to...

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...

But on those occasions when I do strongly disagree with the Democrats and I don't...