Matt Mayer

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Matt Mayer
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The Lost Decade: Reevaluating the False Booms of the Clinton and Bush Years
By Matt Mayer
As Winnie the Pooh is fond of saying to his friends in the 100 Acre Wood, I am a bear ...
January 12, 2009
Governors Should Demand That Harry Reid Respect the Constitution
By Matt Mayer
The last time I checked, we had a Constitution that governed the election and appointment of Senators. America’s governors should ...
January 05, 2009
The Rove-Bush Reading Contest
By Matt Mayer
So, now we can all sleep better at night. We can forget about the six figure losses in our retirement ...
January 02, 2009
Three Fundamental Economic Questions for Senator Obama
By Matt Mayer
Lost in all of the campaign spin and generous mainstream media coverage of Senator Barack Obama is an understanding of ...
October 01, 2008
Obama, Palin, and Their Sixteen Years of Experience
By Matt Mayer
Let me get this straight. Senator Barack Obama is qualified to be the President of the United States, but ...
September 01, 2008
Obama Doubles Down Against History
By Matt Mayer
By nature, most politicians are risk-takers. One cannot enter the political arena without being willing to risk his name, ...
August 28, 2008
Rudy Perpetuates the Republican Taint
By Matt Mayer
Maybe the Democrats were right in 1998 when they defended President Bill Clinton during the impeachment process by noting that ...
December 09, 2007
Grover Norquist Is Wrong on Fix to Inheritance Politicians
By Matt Mayer
In an opinion piece in the Financial Times on November 21, 2007, Americans for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist argues ...
November 30, 2007
Larry Sabato Doesn’t Understand the Constitution
By Matt Mayer
In an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times on October 10, 2007, University of Virginia Professor Larry Sabato argues ...
October 19, 2007
The Zero Sum Society
By Matt Mayer
The individual enters the playing field. He towers over the other players. Onlookers stare in disbelief as his ...
October 01, 2007
Liberals Are Now Progressives (Again)
By Matt Mayer
When Hillary Clinton recently discarded the term liberal for the term progressive, it reminded me of the famous question of ...
September 20, 2007
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