Month: February 2017

The New Old Hickory

The New Old Hickory

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Published in US News on February 13, 2017

Donald Trump has hung a portrait of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s seventh president, next to his desk in the Oval Office and members of his staff are touting the idea that the two men have a lot in common. Vice President Mike Pence has boasted of Trump’s victory, “There hasn’t been anything like this since Andrew Jackson.” That may actually be true. There are already signs of similarities between the two men and it’s a cause for significant concern.
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DeVos vote bodes ill for bipartisanship

DeVos vote bodes ill for bipartisanship

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Published in USA Today on February 8, 2017

We didn’t need more evidence that this country is in for a very rough couple of years, but we got some anyway with the squeaker Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. DeVos, who married into the Amway fortune, has given $200 million to Republican candidates and causes over the years. She has long been a strong advocate for school choice, including vouchers and unregulated for-profit charter schools. She has demonstrated both unfamiliarity and hostility toward public education, even calling public schools a “dead end.”
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