Other Opinion
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Democracy insurance: If we want it, we have to pay for it
Here’s a basic rule of public policy: If a society wants a capability, it has to pay for it. If we want a fire department, we have to direct our time, energy, people, and funds to build and support it. If we want a Center for Disease Control, or a…
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Would the kind people please stand up?
I’m missing people. In recent years I have eulogized my wife’s father’s funeral as well as her mother’s funeral this past January. This weekend I will do the funeral service for my mother-in law-from my first marriage. My first wife died in 2002. My mother and father have passed on,…
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A crisis of relevance
And the word of the moment is … opportunity: “What unites our party is a belief in opportunity, the idea that however you started out, whatever you look like, whoever you love, America is the place you can make it if you try.” Could you be any more tepid? The…
