Tag Archives: The 1990s

Conservable Economist: Timothy Taylor- Twenty Years Since The Welfare Reform of 1996

Source:The New Democrat Tim Taylor, makes some great points about the timing that Welfare to Work was done in 1996. The economy started booming again in 1994. The budget deficit was falling, unemployment was dropping. But we’ve had good economic … Continue reading

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Fusion: Daniel Rivero- An O.J. Simpson Trial Refresher For 90s Kids

Source:The Daily Review Just to give you a little background of myself, I was eighteen in June, 1994 and about a week out of high school after graduation vacationing with my parents in Delaware. So I guess technically I didn’t … Continue reading

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Johnny Machine: Bugsy (1991) Starring Warren Beatty & Annette Bening

Source:The Daily Review Bugsy from 1991, is one of not my favorite films, but also one of my favorite gangster films. Right up there with Goodfellas, which could be my favorite gangster movie and Casino. This is a great film … Continue reading

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BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: BookTV: Lesley Stahl Interviewing Gil Troy- The Age of Clinton: America in the 1990s I guess I generally agree with Gil Troy about Bill Clinton, but perhaps I would put … Continue reading

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Barbara Walters Special: Elizabeth Taylor (1999) Interview

Source:The Daily Review I think survivor or perhaps the Silent Generation’s version of the drama queen as far as someone who really has lived the life of a Hollywood character. With all the ups and downs that she’s gone through … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Robert Farley: ‘What If America Had ‘Eliminated’ Saddam Hussein?’

Source:The National Interest– American fighter jets. Source:The New Democrat “In the early days of the air campaign of the 1991 Gulf War, the United States undertook a concerted effort to track and strike Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The effort was … Continue reading

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Eldridge Edison: U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders: On The Earned Income Tax Credit (1993)

Source:The New Democrat Anyone who actually interested in helping to move people out of poverty in America would be in favor of the Earned Income Tax Credit. Unless you’re an Ayn Randian who says that government has no role in … Continue reading

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Dennis Miller Live: Christopher Hitchens (2001)

Source:The Daily Review Chris Hitchens, seemed to hate Bill Clinton so much that he almost loved the man. His hatred of Billy Jeff, reminds me of the pastor and activist on the Christian-Right who claims how evil and dangerous homosexuality … Continue reading

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Dennis Miller Live: Christopher Hitchens (1999)

Source:The Daily Review Chris Hitchens, doing a great impersonation of Ayn Rand on Dennis Miller. And I believe he wasn’t a fan of her, but what he’s saying is that you always go off the best evidence available and that … Continue reading

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Double Cross: Sam Giancana & Marilyn Monroe (February 17th, 1992)

Source:The Daily Review The whole point about Marilyn Monroe’s housekeeper being asleep at Marilyn Monroe’s house the night that she died and that she was next door, or down the hall, tells you how bogus (to be nice) the claim … Continue reading

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