Domestic Policies Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/domestic-policies/ Sun, 08 Nov 2020 03:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png Domestic Policies Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/domestic-policies/ 32 32 12773863 Make America Great? Promote the Arts and Culture. https://ezkool.com/2017/02/10make-america-great-promote-arts-culture/ Sun, 19 Feb 2017 16:45:29 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=65859 Had enough yet? Of course not. And it’s still February. If the press conference wasn’t proof enough that the president still doesn’t have a handle on his facts, then let’s move on to those things that do not lie: the numbers. Yes, it’s almost time for the president to issue a budget for the upcoming […]

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]]> 65859 Time For the Main Event https://ezkool.com/2016/09/time-for-the-main-event/ https://ezkool.com/2016/09/time-for-the-main-event/#respond Sun, 25 Sep 2016 16:05:32 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=64103 I suppose it was inevitable that the first debate of the 2016 presidential campaign would be touted as a must-see, Super Bowl-sized audience extravaganza. This has been building since Dwight Eisenhower lamented that running for president was akin to being a product marketed across the country. Television and now social media has turned this election […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/09/time-for-the-main-event/feed/ 0 64103 Concerned About the Polls? Don’t Be. https://ezkool.com/2016/09/concerned-about-the-polls-dont-be/ https://ezkool.com/2016/09/concerned-about-the-polls-dont-be/#respond Sun, 11 Sep 2016 16:22:07 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=64022 I know you. You’re a Democrat, or at least someone who believes that Donald Trump is a disaster waiting to happen, and you’ve been very concerned over the past week because the polling seems to indicate that Hillary Clinton’s once safe lead is vanishing with every news release. You also wonder how anyone, and I […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/09/concerned-about-the-polls-dont-be/feed/ 0 64022 Back To School: A Different Kind of Division https://ezkool.com/2016/09/back-to-school-a-different-kind-of-division/ https://ezkool.com/2016/09/back-to-school-a-different-kind-of-division/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2016 23:48:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63989 The great divide in American public attitudes is most evident during Presidential election years, and this year is no different. Republicans and Democrats seem to be living in two different countries when it comes to their views on how much the government should be involved in people’s lives, the role of religion, support for social […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/09/back-to-school-a-different-kind-of-division/feed/ 0 63989 The Last Quiet Week https://ezkool.com/2016/08/last-quiet-week6/ https://ezkool.com/2016/08/last-quiet-week6/#respond Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:54:01 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63904 You do realize that this will be the last week that food stores will be listing summer fruits, vegetables and other items in their sales flyers, right? After Labor Day it will suddenly be soup, oatmeal and cold/flu medicine time even though it’s likely to be near 80 degrees where most of us live. Such […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/08/last-quiet-week6/feed/ 0 63904 I Will Always Tell You the Truth… And Other Lies… https://ezkool.com/2016/08/will-always-tell-truth-lies22/ https://ezkool.com/2016/08/will-always-tell-truth-lies22/#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:15:21 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63869 Which, of course, is an absolute lie, no matter who says it. But the fact that it was Donald Trump, all-of-a-sudden apologizing and blabbering on about how in the heat of a campaign he might have said some nasty things about, oh, African-Americans, women, Hispanics, judges, pollsters, Bush, Republicans etc., makes it doubly ironic and […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/08/will-always-tell-truth-lies22/feed/ 0 63869 Lock Him Up https://ezkool.com/2016/08/lock-him-up/ https://ezkool.com/2016/08/lock-him-up/#respond Sun, 14 Aug 2016 15:52:07 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63823 Don’t you just love politics and politicians? Here’s a group of people who seemingly do not ever consider that what they say about their opponents will even happen to them. And yet… This week’s ridiculousness comes, not surprisingly, from the Trump-Christie branch of what used to be one of America’s great political parties; the GOP. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/08/lock-him-up/feed/ 0 63823 We Need to Calm Down https://ezkool.com/2016/07/2we-need-to-calm-down/ https://ezkool.com/2016/07/2we-need-to-calm-down/#respond Sun, 10 Jul 2016 13:52:49 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63595 If we need anything now, it’s to stop talking and let the investigations into the tragedies of the past week move forward. After all, in the overwhelming number of big news stories, the early information is usually the least reliable, but that’s the information that becomes the narrative. Then when we get contradictory evidence, it’s […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/07/2we-need-to-calm-down/feed/ 0 63595 If Only We Could Trexit https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/#respond Sun, 26 Jun 2016 15:23:59 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63544 If only Donald Trump would Trexit. Before November, when he’ll likely Trexit anyway. Yes, I know that the British vote to leave the European Union is being interpreted as a warning that the angry, anti-immigrant, anti-trade, build-an-entire-sea-around-the-country (which the British actually did at minimal cost), xenophobic population in England is heading towards the United States, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/2if-only-we-could-trexit/feed/ 0 63544 One Week Later https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22one-week-later/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22one-week-later/#respond Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:42:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63487 It’s been a week since the attack in Orlando and much of what’s happened is predictable. Both political parties have rolled out their positions on gun control, and both are very familiar. Democrats want new background checks and to ban sales of guns to anyone on the no-fly or terrorist watch lists. Republicans counter by […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22one-week-later/feed/ 0 63487 Report: Orlando Shooter and Wife Texted Each Other During Massacre https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22orlando-shooter-wife-texted-massacre/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22orlando-shooter-wife-texted-massacre/#respond Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:23:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63454 In the beginning, Noor Salman, wife of the Orlando shooter, insisted that she had no idea what her husband was up to when he gunned down 49 people at a Pulse night club. Now, reports say the two were communicating via text during the terrorist attack. The Orlando shooter and his wife exchanged text messages […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/22orlando-shooter-wife-texted-massacre/feed/ 0 63454 The Endless Election Finally Begins https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:49:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63415 Good news: The primaries are over. Well, except for the DC primary this Tuesday, but that one really won’t count for much. Bad news: The general election is on our doorstep, promising us five months of mudslinging, advertisements across numerous screens and multiple forms of media, and, oh yes, some policy prescriptions. At this point, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/endless-election-finally-begins2016/feed/ 0 63415 The Ali Effect https://ezkool.com/2016/06/the-ali-effect56/ https://ezkool.com/2016/06/the-ali-effect56/#respond Sun, 05 Jun 2016 15:16:23 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63375 So many thoughts. So many questions. So much controversy. So much for us to learn from his actions. Such was the man and his effect on the country. Others have written with far more eloquence than I ever could about the legacy of Muhammad Ali, but from where we are now, we had better pay […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/06/the-ali-effect56/feed/ 0 63375 The Silly Season Starts Early https://ezkool.com/2016/05/silly-season-starts-early/ https://ezkool.com/2016/05/silly-season-starts-early/#respond Sun, 29 May 2016 16:21:21 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63350 Technology really speeds things up, no? We used to have to wait until August to read stories that made little sense or that focused on the non-political part of the political process, but this year we should be proud that the press is once again ahead of the calendar and is in full silly season […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/05/silly-season-starts-early/feed/ 0 63350 Mr. May vs. Ms. October https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/ https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/#respond Sun, 22 May 2016 16:01:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63308 Those of us old enough to remember the halcyon days of the late 70s and early 80s and the great New York Yankee teams of that era with their owner, George Steinbrenner. George knew greatness and proved it when he went out and bought Reggie Jackson to patrol right field for the 1977 and 1978 […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/05/mr-may-vs-ms-october/feed/ 0 63308 The Neutering of Trump. Just Spayin’ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/neutering-trump-just-spayin85/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/neutering-trump-just-spayin85/#respond Sat, 23 Apr 2016 15:18:42 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63128 Word is that Donald Trump will act more presidential from this point forward. Of course, not everyone is buying it, but the New York primary seems to have marked a turning or shifting point in the GOP race, if for no other reason than it looks more and more like Trump will be the Republican nominee this […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/neutering-trump-just-spayin85/feed/ 0 63128 The Christie Era Is Over https://ezkool.com/2016/04/the-christie-era-is-over15/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/the-christie-era-is-over15/#respond Sun, 17 Apr 2016 15:33:26 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63086 It happened so quickly and so quietly that I wasn’t sure exactly what transpired, but it appears that the Chris Christie era in New Jersey is over! Yes, I know we have to officially endure the Governor until January of 2018, but most of that time will find him drowned out by the presidential race, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/the-christie-era-is-over15/feed/ 0 63086 It’s April 2016: Do You Know Where Your Vote Is? https://ezkool.com/2016/04/april-2016-know-vote/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/april-2016-know-vote/#respond Sun, 10 Apr 2016 17:06:43 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63072 Now that we’ve got some room to breathe a bit until the New York primary hits with full force this week (that’s when the ads will start running), it’s worth looking at the present election season and asking, “Is this democracy?” I’m sure the rest of the world is following the elections and is wondering […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/april-2016-know-vote/feed/ 0 63072 The Reality Show Election Just Got Very Real https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/ https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/#respond Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:53:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=63012 It is true that political discourse has taken a wildly unpredictable and extremely troubling turn in this country, but just when it seems that the shouting match will get louder, along comes a politician who is calm, focused, steely, intelligent, moral and principled. Who is this person? The current occupant of the Oval Office. A […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/04/reality-show-election-just-got-real9/feed/ 0 63012 Terror Reminds Us of What’s At Stake https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/#respond Sun, 27 Mar 2016 16:11:28 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62929 Just when it looked like we were going to spend the spring being subjected to the GOP food fight about wives and Supreme Court blockades and keeping swarthy people out of the country, along comes a cold sweat, fear-inducing, terror-in-the-night event in Belgium to focus us on what’s really at stake in this election. So […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/terror-reminds-us-whats-stake5/feed/ 0 62929 The Countdown to the GOP Explosion https://ezkool.com/2016/03/countdown-gop-explosion/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/countdown-gop-explosion/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2016 15:37:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62834 I’m at the point now where I don’t care about the process by which the Republican Party commits Hara-Kiri. I just want it to be over. In its boldest move yet, the party has committed itself to making sure that Donald Trump is not its nominee come July, and the strategy looks like this: Let’s […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/countdown-gop-explosion/feed/ 1 62834 Denying the Climate of Fear https://ezkool.com/2016/03/denying-climate-fear14/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/denying-climate-fear14/#respond Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:04:18 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62720 It was certainly bound to happen. After all, one of Donald Trump’s earliest backers hosted the same crowd when she was running for national office. This is what happens when a politician plays into the anger with more anger and blame and bluster and racism and Islamophobia and, above all, ignorance. Look, Bernie Sanders has […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/denying-climate-fear14/feed/ 0 62720 Voters Scratch the 35 Year Itch https://ezkool.com/2016/03/voters-scratch-35-year-itch652/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/voters-scratch-35-year-itch652/#respond Sun, 06 Mar 2016 16:58:09 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62679 I think I understand why more than a third of Republican voters are fed up with the Republican Party and are supporting Donald Trump for president (including this list of august personalities who have endorsed the man). The GOP has played lip service to the small government, socially conservative crowd for decades without really committing […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/voters-scratch-35-year-itch652/feed/ 0 62679 The GOP Creates a False Reality https://ezkool.com/2016/03/gop-creates-false-reality55/ https://ezkool.com/2016/03/gop-creates-false-reality55/#respond Fri, 04 Mar 2016 01:15:08 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62647 I don’t know why people are so concerned about Donald Trump’s foreign policy experience. He’s currently fighting a war right here in the United States, and he seems to be winning. The past couple of days have shown, in vivid monochromatic white, that the Republican Party is in full-blown Three Mile Island meltdown mode, what […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2016/03/gop-creates-false-reality55/feed/ 0 62647 Trump-Christie Agonistes https://ezkool.com/2016/02/trump-christie-agonistes255/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:25:19 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62573 This is what happens when a political party is in the midst of self-destruction. I remember it well when the Democrats dissolved between 1972 and 1984, and these last, frantic days should remind us that it’s not pretty or helpful when a major political organization goes nuclear. Such is the Republican Party. I have been […]

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]]> 62573 Hillary Salves the Bern: Trump Burns Bush https://ezkool.com/2016/02/hillary-salves-the-bern-trump-burns-bush50/ Sun, 21 Feb 2016 14:50:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62548 I don’t think this is what the GOP had in mind when they made the calendar and rules that would govern the primaries. The party clearly wanted to make it easier for a candidate to consolidate support and win enough delegates so they could then turn their attention to fundraising and the general election. This […]

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]]> 62548 Public Workers: Working Hard, Paying More, Getting Less, Being Blamed. Solution? https://ezkool.com/2016/02/public-workers-working-hard-paying-more-getting-less-being-blamed-solution/ Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:44:12 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62482 Governor Christie wasn’t back in New Jersey for two days before his administration and its apologists went back on the attack on public worker pensions and health benefits. The man who promised that he wouldn’t touch pensions in his gubernatorial run in 2009, and who staked his presidential ambitions on a bipartisan pension and benefits […]

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]]> 62482 Christie’s Fat Tuesday Result Leaves His Campaign In Ashes https://ezkool.com/2016/02/chris-chrities-fat-tuesday-result-leaves-his-campaign-in-ashes/ Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:48:24 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62468 Those of us in New Jersey knew that this day would come, and it’s really best for the country that Chris Christie has ended his presidential bid. The governor does not have the personality to be a thoughtful, caring, empathetic leader and there’s some poetic justice in the fact that he lost mainly because Donald […]

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]]> 62468 The Very Late New Hampshire Primary Predictions https://ezkool.com/2016/02/the-very-late-new-hampshire-primary-predictions/ Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:23:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62452 Here’s how it will go down: GOP Trump–28% Kasich–20% (upset special) Rubio–17% Bush–13% Cruz–11% Christie–8% Fiorina–2% Carson–1% Democrats Sanders–54% Clinton–46% There’s a real possibility that nobody on the GOP side drops out, but I think that Fiorina is the likliest. For more, go to www.facebook.com/WhereDemocracyLives or Twitter @rigrundfest

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]]> 62452 Christie’s Last Stand https://ezkool.com/2016/02/chris-christies-last-stand/ Sun, 07 Feb 2016 15:50:25 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=62429 It’s too late to say it with any meaningful conviction now, but Chris Christie should have run for president when the Republican Party and Nancy Reagan were imploring him to do so in the late fall of 2011. He was the guy, the shining star, six months removed from pounding out a public worker pension […]

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