POLITICS

Our Day at the Circus

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. January 15, 2013

I think Harvey Asher’s ongoing analysis of the political landscape is of a particularly important kind in an age vexed by political punditry, where various news organizations have been co-opted as paid spokesmen for the two parties. Harvey was a history professor for 35 years and he seeks to analyze events through the lens of […]

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The View from the Cliff

by Harvey Asher, Ph.D. December 27, 2012

The current Congress cannot reach a broad, reasonable agreement – a combination of tax increases and entitlement cuts — to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff for reasons built into American political system, namely the ability of an intransigent minority or individual Senator to torpedo sensible or essential legislation.

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