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GUEST COMMENTARY: The Grinch didn't steal Christmas, and other good news
"Nattering nabobs of negativism," is probably the most enduring of the many alliterative announcements of Spiro Agnew, vice president in the Nixon administration until forced to resign because of corruption.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Deficit dithering offers pragmatic opportunity
Classic, classy conservative columnist William Safire observed early in our new century that government deficits were developing "as far as the eye can see," as spending escalated and taxes were cut by the new administration of President George W. Bush.
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