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Archive for September, 2007

Bye, Papa.

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

I don’t know exactly how one is supposed to sum up a life like that of Joe H. Foy Sr. I suppose that I could read off the list of accolades: partner at Bracewell & Patterson, negotiating with OPEC in the 70s, Carter asking him to be the first Secretary of Energy…that time he […]

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I Used To Be One Of You

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

I’ve openly admitted before that my early and somewhat enthusiastic support for the Bush Administration’s post-9/11 terror policy was a mistake. I didn’t think PATRIOT was that big a deal, and I even got behind the Iraq thing, which was regrettable. To paint as charitable picture of myself as possible, I did think […]

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Well, Not Quite Always.

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

Mark Thoma agrees with Brad DeLong that it is always a mistake to surf over to NRO, sighting a really bad piece about the Phillips Curve as reason. Largely, I have to agree with him, but I have to make a small exception for friend and former colleague Bret Jacobson as well as Commentator […]

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