Michael Patrick Carroll's blog

October 16, 2008 - 4:04pm

Same Old, Same Old

The Governor proposes more government to address a governmentally created economic crisis.  The GOP offers a better plan.

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September 20, 2008 - 10:02am

Father Biden on Patriotism

Joe Biden promises to impose Catholic dogma upon the country, and calls it "patriotic".

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September 7, 2008 - 3:14pm

Making Public Salaries Sane

Public sector salaries are out of control and require legislative attention.

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August 29, 2008 - 12:23pm

Eyes Left

Barack Obama offers a hard-left vision for America.  He would take NJ's disastrous economic policies national, and the resulting economic collapse won't be pretty.

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August 19, 2008 - 2:31pm

NY to NJ: FAILURE

A Post columnist contends that New Jersey offers a cautionary tale to New York.  He's right.

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August 7, 2008 - 11:52am

We're Number One (Alas)

NJ, yet again, comes in dead last: the highest taxed state in the entire country. 

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July 1, 2008 - 11:32am

NJ DUDS

NJ STARS, while failing in its intended purpose, nonetheless demonstrates the need for fundamental reform in NJ's high schools.

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May 24, 2008 - 1:07pm
OPINION

A Property Tax Disaster

Trenton created the property tax monster; now, with A-500, the Democrats want to make it worse.

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May 8, 2008 - 1:58pm

Judicial Selections

McCain announce his intention to appoint real judges, and both teh Times and the Journal muff the story.

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March 6, 2008 - 11:01pm

On the Merits

Discussing the vacuity of Barack Obama’s rhetoric, I find myself taken to task for ignoring the substance allegedly underlying it. Far from it. My initial post merely pointed out that Obama’s speeches convey essentially none of that substance. But don’t take my word for it; Hillary Clinton, too, laments the utter absence of specifics in her adversary’s public pronouncements. (She disagrees only incrementally with the policies Obama endorses) "I could make a big, ol’ speech ..." she mocks.

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