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REFORM: improve by alteration

March 29, 2013

The urgency in Congress to bring about immigration reform is palpable. There is a lot of emotion about the subject, some of it getting to the level of argumentation and anger. I’m convinced that some of the volatile behavior is based upon the fact that the word reform is being used inappropriately by some.  The [...]

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ANGER: a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence

November 9, 2012

Who doesn’t get angry?  Anger is a natural response to the perception that something wrong has occurred.  It is, under most circumstances, an emotion which just happens.  You don’t have to sit around and say to yourself, “Well, I think I’ll get angry now.” Under many circumstances anger can be a positive force in your [...]

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TRICKLE DOWN: a theory of economics which says that benefits come to the ordinary person from expansion of the wealth of corporations and their owners

July 24, 2012

The trickle down theory of economics is commonly attributed to President Ronald Reagan who championed the idea during his terms in the White House.   It is based upon the theory that if the nation intentionally nourishes the wealthy class the result will be benefits that will “trickle down” to the rest of the people in [...]

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PROGRESSIVE: favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform

July 5, 2012

In the “name your political inclination” column the word progressive keeps croppping up.  Different people tend to identify the term with varying meanings, so it’s worth taking a couple of minutes to look at it more closely and see what it actually means. In U.S. politics one has to begin with Theodore Roosevelt who formed [...]

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GAFFE: a public statement the speaker wishes had been ignored

June 28, 2012

It seems to be happening more in this election season than I can remember from previous ones.  Almost every day there is a report of a gaffe on the part of a candidate.   Some late-night entertainers have even started a daily spot of the “Gaffe of the Day.” It might seem as if it happens [...]

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PATERNITY: fatherhood

June 14, 2012

I didn’t intend to write a “Father’s Day” posting.  Just wasn’t on my radar screen for this year. But then, yesterday, a bizarre thing happened.   I went to the mailbox and discovered a letter addressed to my father at my address.  He died in 1995. He never lived at this address.  It turns out that [...]

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INFRASTRUCTURE:the basic, underlying framework or features of a system

June 12, 2012

We hear the word infrastructure all the time.  Hardly a political speech takes place without mentioning the word at least once or twice.  Infrastructure is an umbrella word that covers such things as roads, bridges, electrical power systems, sewage systems, water systems, schools, libraries, public buildings, airports and rail systems. There is no question in [...]

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POLITICAL DENIAL: rejecting a previous action to gain voter support

May 13, 2011

There is an onerous practice among professional politicians which I call political denial.  It takes place when a politician running for office denies a legislative success, speech, or other public action which characterized (his) previous political life, but which is currently embarrassing.  It represents a “flip flop” in principles and is employed primarily to gain [...]

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LEFT/RIGHT: designation of political ideologies

April 10, 2011

I had a great conversation on Saturday with a new friend who is a retired History teacher and a Democratic Party activist.   She was talking about the terms “Left/Right” as relates to the designation of political ideology, Left being the term for liberals and Right being that for conservatives.  At least, that is the shorthand [...]

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STATE OF THE UNION: bring on the clowns.

January 25, 2011

By now you are probably as tired of the pre-State of the Union Address conversation as I am.  Every political and news pundit has anticipated the content of the speech, analyzed the impact of it, and made suggestions for future speeches.  And the speech hasn’t even been given yet! For the most part, these speeches [...]

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