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Direct mail gets less attention than television commercials or campaign events. But it is a battleground in the presidential race worth keeping an eye on, as the campaigns and their proxies communicate privately with voters. Take, for example, a recent mailing from the American Civil Liberties Union. "I'
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"Exit, Stage Left" was the memorably apt cover line on the January 2009 issue of Reason magazine, over a picture of George W. Bush, whose party had just been defeated by Barack Obama and the Democrats after Bush turned an economic downturn into a crisis by seizing Fannie
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If you think urban rioting, looting, or "peaceful protesting" is disruptive now, imagine how much worse it may get if President Donald Trump wins a narrow re-election victory. In 2016, Trump lost the popular vote by two or three million but won states and districts worth 306 electoral
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The latest line of attack against President Donald Trump is that he's inserting politics into government matters. This has come up on at least two fronts recently — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's speech to the Republican National Convention, and the federal Food and Drug
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If the Democrats win the presidential election, at least one $14 billion fortune can breathe a sigh of relief. That sum is the endowment, roughly speaking, of the Ford Foundation. Maya Harris, the sister of Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, did a stint at the Ford Foundation as vice
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A fact from the world of sports with public policy implications: The Toronto Blue Jays have been starting an infield in which all four players are the sons of major league baseball players. The Blue Jays first baseman, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., is the son of Vladimir Guerrero, who retired with
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To judge by the increasing volume and frequency of attacks on capitalism, it looks like the real winner of the Democratic primary campaign was the socialist senator, Bernie Sanders. Sanders has not received the presidential nomination, but his ideas are on the march.
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Anyone hoping that electing Joe Biden president is going to turn America's clock magically back to the end of the Obama administration is in for an unpleasant surprise. Even if President Donald Trump loses his re-election campaign, Trumpism is here to stay. Sure, Trump does have a significant