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Donald Bernstein
Dec06
The Right Side of History
Posted By : Donald Bernstein

The New York Times got it right yesterday with its first page one editorial in nearly 100 years. Its plea to Congress to pass some sensible gun laws will probably have little effect though. No mass murders over the past number of years have; not even enough for Congress to prohibit anyone on the "no fly" list from buying an assault weapon.   This t

Donald Bernstein
Aug31
An avoidable tragedy
Posted By : Donald Bernstein

A number of people are at fault for the accidental shooting by the nine year old girl of her firing range instructor.  She is not among them.  The government however is, along with our crazed gun culture.   If this young girl wanted to buy a can of spray paint, or a pack of cigarettes, she would have been turned away by state law.  Those are danger

Donald Bernstein
Oct13
Giants to Be Defunded
Posted By : Donald Bernstein

House Speaker John Boehner announced today that given its dismal record, the New York Giants would be defunded by the federal government when Congress convenes tomorrow.    When a reporter pointed out that the federal government does not fund the New York Giants, the Speaker then declared that Obamacare is the reason for its 0-6 record, and that it

Donald Bernstein
Sep29
A Poll in 1938
Posted By : Donald Bernstein

I came across a very surprising fact in the book I am reading.  It was about a poll taken in 1937 and 1938 of freshman students at Princeton University.   One question they were asked was, who is the greatest living American?  Their first choice was FDR, followed by Charles Evans Hughs and Herbert Hoover in second that third position.   They were a

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