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Three Articles About Venezuela Today

March 22nd, 2013

By Dan Miller One suggests some basis for hope, another writes about oppression by Chavistas and the third pursues the same theme. El Presidente for Life, THugo Chávez, died on or before March 5, 2013. He may have died in Cuba, in Venezuela or perhaps elsewhere. There has been much speculation but nobody who knows […]

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Tags: Capriles, Chavez, Chavistas, elections, food, Maduro, resources, Venezuela
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Let’s Go No More a-Rovin’ with Karl Rove

February 14th, 2013

By Dan Miller The verb “to rove” has a lot to do with Karl Rove and with what he is trying — successfully — to do for to the Republican Party.

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Tags: candidates, conservative, elections, Karl Rove, Republican, Tea Party
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What Does the Republican Party Want?

January 12th, 2013

By Dan Miller Reelection of its incumbents and power of course, but what else matters? Anything? An article by Scott Rasmussen published yesterday contends that Just a few days after reaching [the fiscal cliff] agreement, an inside-the-Beltway publication reported another area of bipartisan agreement. Politico explained that while Washington Democrats have always viewed GOP voters […]

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Tags: Chavez, Congress, conservative, dependency, elections, liberal, Republican
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Is the Republican Party Dead or Dying? Part I

November 10th, 2012

By Dan Miller Should we put it on life support and hope that it survives or attempt to displace it gradually with something better? Yesterday, I received a gracious e-mail from the Obama-Biden campaign thanking me personally for all that I had done: Friend – I hope you saw Jim’s note with the video of […]

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Tags: Democrat, dependency, elections, Hispanics, parties, principles, Republican
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Thinking about the Coming Election and Other Stuff …

October 14th, 2012

By Dan Miller … put me in mind of some of my favorite old songs and of their persistent relevance. Scots ballads Based on a poem by Robert Burns (1759 – 1796), this ballad labeled Ode to Humanity seeks equal rights for all as opposed to special preferences for the favored. While listening, thoughts came […]

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Tags: Civil War, elections, English, free speech, Lincoln, rebellion, rights, slavery
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