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2010 Editorials

 

January 2009 -- February 2009 -- March 2009 -- April 2009 -- May 2009 -- June 2009

July 2009 -- September 2009 -- October 2009 --- November 2009 -- December 2009

 

JANUARY 9, 2009 -- It's All About You. 

JANUARY 16, 2009 -- Judges Judging Judges.

JANUARY 23, 2009 -- Making Sausage.

JANUARY 30, 2009 -- It Takes Money to Make Money.


FEBRUARY 6, 2009 --Excuse Me, $9 Billion for What? 

 FEBRUARY 13, 2009 -- The Next Crisis.

FEBRUARY 27, 2009-- Save, Don't Spend. 

MARCH 6, 2009 ---  Budget Time in Washington.

MARCH 13, 2009 ---- All Earmarks are Local.  

MARCH 20, 2009 ---- Congressional Pay Cut Adds Some Reality to the Job.  

MARCH 27, 2009 --- Budgeting Patience.


APRIL 3, 2009 --- American Socialism.

APRIL 24, 2009 ---- Isabella Baumfree.


 

MAY 1, 2009 ---- 2 a.m. April 27, 1865.

MAY 8, 2009 ---- Law Day Meets the Supreme Court

MAY 15, 2009 -- The King's Birthday.

MAY 22, 2009 -- Flying Women.


 

June 5, 2009 -- Native American Democracy.

June 12, 2009 -- Sec. 222

June 19, 2009 -- Congressional Follies.

June 26, 2009 -- Occupational Differences


 

July 10, 2009 -- Through a Glass; Darkly.

July 17, 2009 -- Healthcare Legislation

July 24, 2009 -- Healthcare Respite.

 JULY 31st -- When Politicians Get it Wrong


September 11, 2009 -- Joe Wilson's Apology 

September 18, 2009 - To be Left Out of the Debate

September 25, 2009 -- What Would They Do for Drama if They Didn't Have Illegal Aliens to Blame?


October 2, 2009 -- Pennies from Heaven 

October 9. 2009 --- When Socialism Becomes a Deficit Reducer.

October 16, 2009 -- One to Watch              

October 23, 2009  Free Energy? Define Free.

October 30, 2009-- HITTING the Taxpayers' Purse       


November 6, 2009 -- A the heart of it

November 20, 2009 -- Taking care of veterans, and then some.


December 4, 2009 -- What it looks like when Congress does its job-by Lee Hamilton

December 11, 2009 -- A Healthy Profit     December 18, 2009 - The End Game


 

2010 EDITORIALS

January 15, 2010 -- The road we're on.  

January 22, 2009 -- Scott Brown

January 29, 2010 - The Corporate Person.


February 5, 2010 - PAYGO           

February 26, 2010-- The Winter Games


 

March 5, 2010 - I've seen the enemy...

 March 12, 2010 Congress and War

March 19, 2010   Getting Healthcare Done   

 March 26, 2010 Florida will be ground zero for continued healthcare debate


 

April 16, 2010 Catching up on broadband expansion    

 April 23, 2010 Financial Literacy

April 30, 2010 Suiting up, playing the game...or not.


 

May 7, 2010 Who pays for financial disasters? 

May 14, 2010  Violence against government is not exclusive

to Third Worlds    

 May 21, 2010 We are what we eat.                

May 28, 2010 Drawing down Iraq.


 

June 11, 2010  Home of the banana split, and then some   

June 18, 2010 - Republicans: "Hey! We're listening."

June 25, 2010 More than meets the media eye            


 

July 2, 2010 Give and take.                                           

July 16, 2010 Committee Hearings

July 23, 2010 A time to spend                                       

 July 30, 2010 Transparency. Who pays the price?


September 17, 2010 Not taxing, yet spending               

September 24, 2010 Meet the old boss, same as the   new boss


November 19, 2010 Republicans Err or Earmark Moratorium

December 3, 2010  We'll never settle on the right role for government (Lee Hamilton)

December 10, 2010 To Tax or not to Tax?

December 17, 2010 The Constitutional Challenge to the Healthcare law\


2011 Editorials

 

January 7, 2011 Huh?

January 21, 2011 So Much for Symbolism

January 28, 2011 Healthcare Reform Reform or Sort of One?

February 11, 2011 Cost Cutting and Job Creation; A Mandate or Pretext?

March 4, 2011 - Cutting Spending and Taxes: No Wisdom There.

March 18, 2011 -  When Budget Cuts Become Ideological, not Practical

April 1, 2011 - Cantor's Constitutional Challenge
April 8, 2011 - Some Earmark Cuts Not the Tea's Cup of Tea
April 15, 2011 - Budget Talks
May 6, 2011 - Cantor's Confusing Candor

May 13, 2011 - Doing something about nothing