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Liar, Liar

Arnold Hamilton - June 15, 2015 0

BY SHARON MARTIN “How do you know if a politician is lying?” the old joke asks. “Her lips are moving,” it answers. Now, I believe there are...

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH Not another Bush v. Clinton campaign, you hear from Republicans who aren’t for Jeb Bush anyway. Why should these old fashioned brands have such appeal that we actually think we can turn the clock back to the time when the biggest worry was a blue dress. But even that isn’t exactly right: […]

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The Unintended Consequences Of The Status Quo

Arnold Hamilton - June 10, 2015 0

BY CHRISTIAAN MITCHELL With almost comic predictability, recent proposals to increase the minimum wage have trigged conservative doomsayers to conjure a parade of horribles that...

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Shorter Road Ahead For Driverless Cars

Arnold Hamilton - June 9, 2015 0

BY FROMA HARROP Friends keep orating that driverless cars are something in the far-ahead future. Apparently, they’re not. That future is near. Exhibit A is Google’s decision to get into the auto insurance business. Now Google wants to be in everyone’s business. But its foray into insuring drivers is highly plausible for a company deep […]

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The Campaign In The Courts

Arnold Hamilton - June 8, 2015 0

BY SUSAN ESTRICH The Clinton campaign has launched its campaign in the courts, being waged by a veteran of such battles but on a far larger scale. What the Clintons are doing is challenging the new round of regulations on voter identification and proof enacted in a handful of states with a history of discriminatory […]