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Mark Newgent is a writer and editor with a talent for breathing history into everyday happenings.
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Speak of the Devil

POSTED May 2, 4:25 PM
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I love the Examiner editorial writers, they provide so much blogging material. Yesterday, they informed us of Jim Kraft's inanity, which by the way councilman, National Review picked up on your story and they presented some facts regarding plastic bags you may want to consult. 

Today, the Examiner editorial page offer us this gem:

What’s clear is that shedding private-sector jobs while adding public-sector jobs is unsustainable — without tax increases. Government jobs do not produce money, they merely redistribute revenue produced by those in the private sector. So as the proportion of those working for the government increases, a smaller group of wealth producers must support a bigger group of redistributors. That means less money for everyone...

It means expanding government may help reduce unemployment numbers initially, but it will not help the economy.

 This coming just a day after I pointed out:

Through his intimidating tactics and rhetoric, FDR essentially bullied business and the private sector and turned government into a competitor with which they could not compete... Did the New Deal create millions of jobs? Sure it did. However, they were government created public works jobs designed to serve political ends, and they lasted only months at a time. They were not the type of private sector jobs that could have spurred real economic growth that could have pulled the rest of the economy through. 

 What was it that George Santayana said about forgetting the past?


Topics: The New Deal , Recession , private sector , public sector

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History Made

POSTED August 29, 8:39 AM
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 No matter your politics, Barack Obama made history last night accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States.  He is the first African-American to be nominated for president by a major political party in the United... Read More
Topics: Barack Obama

Obama the heir to JFK? Not so much.

POSTED August 26, 12:31 PM
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Heir to a myth, not the reality.Watching the Democratic National Convention last night with its homage to Ted Kennedy and the concomitant comparisons, by the media between Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy, I had to ask myself, what history are these... Read More
Topics: Obama , JFK

"Trying to reason with hurricane season*"

POSTED August 22, 7:46 AM
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Photo credit to Mark LundinI’m down in the Outer Banks town of Duck North Carolina, on vacation with the family. We were very worried about early forecasts that had tropical storm Fay tracking up the Atlantic seaboard toward us and possibly... Read More
Topics: Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933

Julia Child: Chef, American Spy

POSTED August 14, 5:53 AM
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Is there microfilm in that fish?Julia Child, in addition to being a world renowned chef, was also an agent of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The OSS was the United States intelligence agency during World War II ,and precursor to the Central... Read More
Topics: Julia Child , OSS

"Prompt and Utter Destruction"

POSTED August 6, 10:50 PM
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 Sixty-three years ago this week, the B-29 Superfortresses Enola Gay and Bockscar dropped the world’s first atomic bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man, on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings caused untold damage, and... Read More
Topics: World War II , Hiroshima , Nagasaki , Downfall

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