HeyJaredIn My Opinion
I write about different topics on different days M-F -- Weekend Update (Mon), 250 Years Ago (Tue), local news (Wed), economics or international affairs (Thu), and American politics (Fri).
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Farewell Tour #2 (opens the original)
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It’s been a busy week – we had a big party in Tim’s honor on Sunday, and I was pretty busy making that happen and then recovering from it. But I took time for a brief farewell tour today – just up the street to the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg and the Colin and Nancy Campbell Archaeological Center.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J8Xk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpub
The Revolution Was More than the War (opens the original)
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For the last two months, my “250 Years Ago” essays have focused on the Revolutionary War battles in the New York theater, with occasional excursions to some other theaters of combat. Last week, I wrote about Nathan Hale’s capture and execution in New York, where wars and rumors of war permeated the public mind.But other things were going on, and this week gives me the chance to write about them. On September 28 (yesterday), Pennsylvania adopted its first state constitution. This was not just tid
It Doesn’t Work That Way (opens the original)
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At the base of most political disagreements you’ll find the same issue – how much power should the government have? How much should government regulate business activities to balance the profit motive of the entrepreneur against the consumers’ need for the product or service? How much should government regulate personal freedoms like those embodied in the Bill of Rights? How much should government regulate social interactions like education, housing, commerce, and the like to avoid discriminatio
By the Numbers (opens the original)
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The Art of the Un-Deal (opens the original)
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