Tag Archives: Howard Dean

Law and Order

3/12/2009 – 8:51 am

Another too-warm Vermont winter sputters to an end. My backyard, bereft of snow, is a mottled greenish-brown.
Over in Montpelier, America’s smallest state capital, legislators – about to return after town meeting recess – are bogged down (as are their counterparts across the nation) trying to cut spending quickly enough to keep pace with the [...]

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Stupid Political Games

2/19/2009 – 11:42 am

Some people don’t like politics because it often seems so stupid and immature. Strike that – people don’t like politics because it often is stupid and immature.
In the month since Barack Obama’s inauguration, we’ve been (mis)treated to some of the worst displays of puerile politics in recent memory, which might be amusing, if the [...]

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A Win for Howard

1/4/2008 – 1:57 pm

An unheralded winner in Thursday’s Iowa caucuses was Howard Dean, whose own presidential candidacy died in those snows four years ago.
In 2005, Mr. Dean won the chair of the Democratic National Committee, much to the dismay of the Clinton clique and the Democratic Leadership Council.
Mr. Dean portrayed himself – as a candidate and DNC chair [...]

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