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To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

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The GOP’s Dubious Populism

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BY JOE CONASON The most revealing moments in President Obama’s State of the Union Address were not in his remarks, but the reaction to them by those listening on the Republican side of the aisle. When he proposed to recover a “financial responsibility fee” – in plainer English, a bank tax – from the largest […]

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Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton
Arnold Hamilton became editor of The Observer in September 2006. Previously, he served nearly two decades as the Dallas Morning News’ Oklahoma Bureau chief. He also covered government and politics for the San Jose Mercury News, the Dallas Times Herald, the Tulsa Tribune and the Oklahoma Journal.