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Stories by Charles W. Brackett

Charles W. Brackett lives in Massachusetts and holds an M.A. in Political Science from Northeastern University.

Enough with the Wall Street Bashing

Charles W. Brackett wrote on April 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 pm

The nation’s continuing obsession with rehashing the gory details of the financial meltdown only helps Washington delay the tough choices needed to get our economy on a sound basis.  more

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Lessons for the GOP from Labour

Charles W. Brackett wrote on October 30th, 2009 at 10:45 am

Britain’s Labour party responded to the election of Margaret Thatcher by adopting their most left-wing program in decades. Their reward was one of the worst election defeats in history. The GOP looks likely to repeat these mistakes today.  more

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Fewer Attacks on ACORN, More Attention to Affordable Housing

Charles W. Brackett wrote on October 29th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

Last week, Democrats outmaneuvered Rep. Michelle Bachmann’s attempt to bar ACORN from a role in a proposed consumer regulatory agency. But the battles in Washington over ACORN distract attention from the housing crisis the organization was originally created to solve.  more

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The Republican Way to Urban Renewal

Charles W. Brackett wrote on October 8th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

While the rehabilitation of New York, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles and Chicago over the last two decades have led many to declare a national urban renaissance, most American cities, from Detroit to Schenectady, still remain locked in a dead-end of crime, debt and deteriorating public services.  more

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I’m Here, I’m Huge, Get Used to It

Charles W. Brackett wrote on October 7th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

Recently on Slate.com, editor Daniel Engbar laid out a case for treating obesity not as a public health issue, but as a new field for self-pitying victim politics. According to Engber, we do not have an obesity crisis in the United States but a crisis of “weight-ism.” His solution, a federal ban on weight discrimination, will only make the nation’s obesity problem worse.  more

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