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// In the following recent conversation between Bill O’Reilly and Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco, the former raised the assertion that liberalism is incapable or ineffective at governing. Newsom correctly pointed out that governance is, at least currently, a lost art in the US, irrespective of ideology or political persuasion. The causes of this state [...]
// Tonight, Republican Scott Brown has won the senate seat formerly held by the late Edward Kennedy. It is the first time in a very long time that that seat will be occupied by a Republican, or by a non-Kennedy. It is also a very important development because of the staunch left-of-center character of Massachusetts. [...]
// In elections last night, Republicans won the governorships of New Jersey and Virginia (New Jersey, being a generally liberal state, is particularly fascinating), and the Conservative Party candidate lost in a special congressional election in upstate New York–but not by much. The Democrat edged out the Conservative by 2 percentage points. Let me repeat [...]
// Well, as if on cue, just as I finished writing my previous post on the lack of effective action or reflection on the part of our political “leaders” vis-à-vis the economic crisis, the New York Times reports that Obama and the Democrats are considering legislation to rein in institutions that are “too big to [...]
