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Auto Dealers Ending Their Cash for (Political) Clunkers Program

August 3, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Auto Dealers Ending Their Cash for (Political) Clunkers Program

The nation’s largest auto dealers association has apparently decided to end its long standing participation in the Cash for (Political) Clunkers program. An historically dependable source of income for Republicans in the House and Senate, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has long contributed about twice as much to Republican election campaigns than to Democrats. In...
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Across America’s Racial Divide: Michael Jackson, Rest in Peace

July 7, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Across America’s Racial Divide: Michael Jackson, Rest in Peace

Barack Obama has certainly brought Americans together in unprecedented ways, but America’s black and white racial divide still exists. And every once in a while, an event happens that starkly reveals how just deep this racial divide remains. The untimely death of Michael Jackson is such an event. Last week, at a meeting of progressive Democrats in...
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Sarah Palin Declares Her Independence

July 4, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Sarah Palin Declares Her Independence

Sarah Palin is not done causing headaches for the leadership of the Republican Party. In fact, my guess is that she is going to cause them far more pain in the near future than they or the media could ever have imagined. At this point, politicians and the press are trying to decipher Palin’s motivation for...
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The New Attack on Democracy: What the Founders Knew But We’ve Forgotten

July 2, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
The New Attack on Democracy: What the Founders Knew But We’ve Forgotten

One of the foundational principles of American democracy is under attack. When the nation’s Founders crafted the United States Constitution in 1787, they were careful to include a requirement that: “The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury of the United States.”...
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Orange County Republicans Shed Crocodile Tears Over the Effects of Prop 13 on Local Cities

June 22, 2009
By Michael D. Fox
Orange County Republicans Shed Crocodile Tears Over the Effects of Prop 13 on Local Cities

Republican crocodile tears flowed this weekend in Orange County as a group of city officials called F.I.S.T. – “Fight Insane State Theft” – comprised of 14 Orange County mayors and 42 city council members, nearly all of them Republicans – protested Republican Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to take away billions in state property tax revenue...
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