Archive for October, 2015
-
Stairway to Heaven and the Next Speaker
Posted on October 9, 2015
“Yes, there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on.” Led Zeppelin came to mind when thinking...
Read Story -
After McCarthy’s Withdrawal, Keeping Calm About House Speaker Election
Posted on October 8, 2015
(Originally Published in the WSJ) Rep. Kevin McCarthy decided not to run for speaker of the House. Everybody take a deep breath. Let’s dispense with the panic. I’m sure he has his...
Read Story -
Hillary Clinton: The Politician
Posted on October 7, 2015
It comes as no surprise that Hillary Clinton came out against the latest trade agreement. She’s a politician. The fact that she said favorable things about it on 45 different occasions...
Read Story -
Boehner as Nathan Brittles
Posted on October 7, 2015
John Boehner reminds me of Captain Nathan Brittles. Brittles was the United States Army Captain, played memorably by John Wayne, in the Oscar-winning “She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.” For those...
Read Story -
The Myth of Regular Order
Posted on October 6, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) In the aftermath of the Jim Wright resignation and the House bank scandal in the early 1990s, then-Speaker Tom Foley (D-Wash.) and then-House Minority...
Read Story