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Putting an Old Head on Young Shoulders

By Chris Allison

John Adams said, “There are two types of education. One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live.”

The recent stock-market downturn precipitated by problems in the mortgage business got me wondering if a lot of this could be fixed not by more regulation but through better education. The same can be said about rising health-care expenditures due to obesity and increases in chronic but preventable health problems.

The Day I Met Tim Russert

By Chris Allison

Even though it was almost eight years ago, I remember the day that I met Tim Russert like it was yesterday.

Dinner By The Bay: A Political Insider's Take On The Election

By Chris Allison

I had the chance to chat with political operative Bay Buchanan over dinner awhile back and it was an eye opener.

My Anti-Hillary Hedging Strategy

By Chris Allison

I waited until my wife had a drink in her at dinner before I broke the news to her that I made contributions to BOTH Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. 

She’s the Chief Financial Officer of the household, so I thought full disclosure was good form. “Don’t you realize the incongruity of what you did?” she asked.

Does The GOP Now Eat Their Young?

By Chris Allison

I remember hearing political pundits say that “Democrats eat their young.”  Well, if you’ve been listening to any of the conservative talk show hosts lately, such as Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Neil Boortz or Laura Ingraham, you could apply that sentiment to the G.O.P.

Hill and Bill's Dangerous Gambit

By Chris Allison

If the Clintons are indeed playing the race card during this Democratic primary season, they could very well win a Pyrrhic nominating victory yet lose the electoral war.  And the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania could end up being their Waterloo in November.

If Mrs. Clinton wins the nomination and faces a more moderate Republican candidate, this could very well be a close election.  And she will be in desperate need of the influential African American vote to win Pennsylvania’s 23 electoral votes.  She may be in grave danger of losing that vote in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, the Commonwealth’s two largest urban centers.