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Amity Ruth Shlaes (/ʃleɪs/; born September 10, 1960) is an American author and newspaper and magazine columnist. Shlaes writes about politics and economics from a US libertarian perspective. Shlaes has authored a number of books, including three New York Times Bestsellers. She currently chairs the board of trustees of the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation and serves as a Presidential Scholar at The King's College in New York City.

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The lucky biographers find themselves drawn into a sort of friendship with their subject.

Biographers, Lucky, Sort, Subjects

The difference between recession and depression is simple. Recession, goes the saying, is when you lose your job; depression is when I lose mine.

Jobs, Simple, Differences, Recession, Lose, Job

Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business. He didn't want the federal government in it.

Government, Growth, Want, Business, Power

Today many politicians suggest that where the federal government does not act, there must be anarchy. That view is odd, blinkering out the work of state and towns, which until recently did much of our charitable and cultural work. That view also blinkers out the role of mutual societies and churches.

Government, Views, Church, View, Blinkering, Today

In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.

Cutting, Way, Taxes, Budgets, Rates, Calvin

In the end, all new schools, public or private, snobby or not, add value to the education market, making it bigger and more efficient, in the same way that Zuckerberg added wealth to the economy even for non-Facebook fans.

Bigger, Education, Fans, Private, School, Zuckerberg

I think the Bushes would have liked President Coolidge, though I often wonder what nickname 43 would pick for 30. President Bush has great respect for his father, and so did President Coolidge, whose father was also in government, albeit in a smaller way.

Father, Thinking, Government, Think, Wonder, Bush

With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I want my child to be able to write contracts in Spanish,' or, 'I want my child to shake hands firmly,' or, 'I want my child to study statistics and accounting, not calculus.

Children, Writing, School, Contracts, Test, Child

Europe unified its monetary policy through the euro before it unified politically, therefore sustaining member countries' abilities to pursue the kind of independent fiscal policies that can strain a joint currency.

Country, Independent, Europe, Monetary, Countries, Joint

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americans got Model A's and automobiles.

Government, Ku Klux Klan, Way, Automobiles, Klux

Fame is worth less than service.

Fame, Service, Worth

Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.

War, Hands, Forever, Awful, Experienced

The 1920s are the decade that signaled the arrival of a gift that still means a lot to us: Saturday.

Mean, Saturday, Stills, Gift, Signaled, Arrival

Economics are part of our life. We try to treat them separately, like over there is the economy and here is history. Econ affects history and history often doesn't get it right if it doesn't respect econ.

Trying, Economics, Economy, Right, Econ

Coolidge's stat was so low; he's ranked in the bottom half of presidents. What I found when I encountered this man was the leader I might like to see today.

Men, Leader, President, Stat, Like, Encountered

Coolidge thought budgets were virtuous. He had his econ straight. He didn't just cut taxes, he also cut the budget.

Cutting, Taxes, Virtuous, Econ, Budgets

People value Halloween, like Valentine's Day, because they can tell themselves that it's not merely secularized but actually secular, which is to say, not Christian, Jewish, Hindu or Muslim.

Christian, Halloween, Valentine, Like, Merely, Say

Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job.

Jobs, Unions, May, Workers, Job, Although

Today we care about budgets more than anything. Our American future hangs on the ability of government to cut budget.

Cutting, Government, Care, Cut, Budget

Our conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.

Community, Hobbies, Clubs, Local

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