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What Is Federalism?

Michael Kurth February 20, 2023 Comments Off on What Is Federalism?

When I was in high school six decades ago, my civics textbook had a graphic depicting American government.  It was a pyramid with the federal government at the top, state government in the middle,

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What Happened To The Great Red Wave?

Michael Kurth December 9, 2022 Comments Off on What Happened To The Great Red Wave?

Many political pundits were predicting that the midterm elections would produce a wave of Republican victories — some even predicted a “Red Tsunami” — in which Trump-endorsed candidates would take control of the both

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The Economics Of Borders

Michael Kurth November 21, 2022 Comments Off on The Economics Of Borders

We are living in uncertain times, with conflicts around the world that could spin out of control.  Most of these conflicts involve disputes over borders: Ukraine and Russia; China and Taiwan; North and South

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Living The Louisiana Life

Michael Kurth October 11, 2022 Comments Off on Living The Louisiana Life

 For the first time in about two weeks, it wasn’t raining and the sun was shining. So I decided to mow my back lawn in the area where the grass was now two feet

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The Cold War Revisited

Michael Kurth March 4, 2022 Comments Off on The Cold War Revisited

With Russian troops massed along the border with Ukraine ready to pounce, some political pundits are suggesting that NATO is provoking the crisis by trying to expand into Ukraine and Putin is just defending

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What Kind Of Year Will 2022 Be?

Michael Kurth January 21, 2022 Comments Off on What Kind Of Year Will 2022 Be?

Will 2022 be a good year? That depends on how one judges years. Sometimes we judge them on a personal basis: for example, 1964 is etched in my memory because it is the year

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42nd Street: Tapping The Blues Away

Michael Kurth October 28, 2021 Comments Off on 42nd Street: Tapping The Blues Away

I was going to write my Lagniappe column about replacing the income tax with a national sales tax and abolishing the IRS, but something more important has come up. My wife, Cathy, will be

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Lessons From Afghanistan

Michael Kurth September 20, 2021 Comments Off on Lessons From Afghanistan

Many people were shocked at how quickly the Taliban took over the government of Afghanistan once the United States drew down its forces and prepared to pull out and end our 20-year occupation of

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Federalism And The Federal Debt

Michael Kurth July 15, 2021 Comments Off on Federalism And The Federal Debt

Most discussion of our soaring fed-eral debt (now more than $28 trillion) is focused on financial issues such as how much debt is too much for a country (it is now 110 percent of

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The New Economics Of The Left

admin June 3, 2021 Comments Off on The New Economics Of The Left

If you want to understand the economic policies of the Biden administration, do not dig up your macroeconomics textbook from your college days because the monetary and fiscal policies of the current administration are

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