Wednesday, January 22, 2025

ARTICLES BY JEFF BOURGET

Election 2016: Charlatan vs. victim

This election is a contrast between a charlatan and a victim of 25 years of lies, slander and utterly imaginary charges.
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Education goes a long wayin climate change debate

James Hollingsworth's My Turn of the 24th defending Cliff Harris and discrediting the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a typically uneducated attack on the human caused view of Global Warming. Hollingsworth claims that Harris has never denied that Earth was warming on a planetary scale. I draw Hollingsworth's …
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Ignorance of history goes back further than Reagan

Mike Ruskovich's My Turn, "Reagan Legacy No Laughing Matter," drew some predictable fire. There were those who compared Obama to Stalin (totally off topic). There were those who called Mr. Ruskovich a Bolshevik. There were even those who questioned his sanity. All for two assertions: that Reagan was the recipient …
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Norquist agenda is bigger than cutting taxes

Grover Norquist is the darling of the Conservatives. Should he be? Definitely not, a Conservative by definition is someone who wishes to preserve the best of the current system. Grover Norquist does not. Give the man credit for meaning what he says: he has repeatedly said that he wants to …
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Progressive means going forward

Brett Regan's My Turn printed on Nov. 28 is based on a false distinction. He claims that Progressives wish for the state to ensure equality of outcome, while Conservatives believe in the power of the individual to ensure the equality of opportunity. This simply isn't true.
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Trickle down? Let's get real, folks

Patrick Henry said, "If this be treason, then make the most of it." This column will be treason to all the believers in trickle down economics and the idea that putting more money in the pockets of the already wealthy will create new jobs. If you have any business sense …
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