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Franklin Delano Obama?

Posted on November 11th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill

This is the title of today’s column by Paul Krugman. I can only hope that many in the coming Obama Administration read it and take it to heart. In the article Krugman points out the many successful parts of the New Deal but also the one glaring misstep: The Great Depression itself.
It’s cause:But Barack Obama [...]

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Labor pains: Unions, the Media, the Economy, and the Bush Administration

Posted on September 1st, 2008 by Walter Brasch

Once a year, I and a few dozen other reporters and columnists write a Labor Day story. And, like most Americans we don’t remember our history.
We don’t remember that the Knights of Labor created the first Labor Day in 1882 and that Congress made it a national holiday in 1894.
Almost none of us will write [...]

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