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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,
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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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