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MP3 of my NPR Debate on Federal Job Training

Marty Nemko had me on his NPR-San Francisco KALW program today to debate federal job training reform with Stephen Baiter, the executive directory of the Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County, California.  Marty wanted a civil debate, so we didn’t bust any chairs over each other’s heads.       I have been writing […]

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Latest Iraq Success Story

Cartoonist Tom Toles perfectly captures the latest Iraq fiasco. This is a joint Bush-Obama debacle – and proof that neither party can be trusted to intelligently intervene in the Middle East. But the pro-Iraq war crowd is still yelping for the U.S. to “fix” Syria….

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Washington Times: Blighting Youth with Bogus Government Jobs

Washington Times         June 26, 2014 Hurting youths with government make-work summer ‘jobs’ Public employment teaches the wrong kind of work ethic By James Bovard The District of Columbia’s Summer Youth Employment Program starts June 30 and continues through Aug. 8. D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray is attempting to avoid the front-page bureaucratic train wrecks that […]

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