I lived in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC in 1979, and
during this period, I looked up several old friends of mine who had
jobs as Congressional aides on Capitol Hill. Some of these people
worked for Republican Congressmen, and some of them …
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TaylorOwen.com: A World Turned Upside Down
I have a review essay in the LRC, which uses Paul Heinbecker’s new book and Ed Greenspon’s Open Canada report, to speak to the current state of the Canadian Foreign policy discussion. Lots more to say on the topic, including some ways that I think we could start a new conversation and spur innovation, but […]
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: The institutionalization of fiscal irresponsibility
The deal that Obama made with the Repugnikans to extend the Bush administration’s tax cuts is a really bad idea. What I find especially unfortunate about the debate over these tax cuts is, very few members of Congress are saying the obvious: why are we…
Continue readingBob Broughton's Blog: Mary Elizabeth Lewis Broughton, 1920-2010
My mother Elizabeth passed away in her sleep after a brief illness
on November 22, 2010, at the age of 90.
Elizabeth was born and raised in Bloxom, on Virginia’s Eastern
Shore. Her ancestry there dates back to the late 1600’s. Her father,
Stanley L…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Some opinions on the 2010 U.S. election
I’ve mailed in my ballot. I went out and knocked on some doors in
Bellingham on behalf of Rep.
Rick Larsen, and I’ll be doing this again on Election Day. I made
a donation to his campaign. I wish I could have done more, but doing
work I get paid fo…
Bob Broughton's Blog: Vancouver-Seattle passenger trains saved, but let’s look forward
The Province columnist Jon Ferry wrote a worthwhile column about the future of Amtrak’s Seattle-Vancouver service, Foot-dragging feds slow train service to Seattle.
A few comments on points that Ferry made:
A target of four trains a day is entirely…
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