Archive for June, 2016
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The House Floor is No Place for Political Stunts
Posted on June 23, 2016
In the days following the Columbine massacre, Congress went to work to somehow fix gun laws that seemingly allowed two demented young boys to execute dozens of their classmates. Al...
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Trump Probably Won’t Win, but You Never Know
Posted on June 22, 2016
(This originally appeared on the website www.politicalstorm.com) It is impossible for Donald Trump to win in November. And if he does win, it will be a complete and total disaster....
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Make Congress Great Again
Posted on June 21, 2016
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Should Donald Trump win the White House, which at this point seems rather unlikely, one unexpected benefit would be the resurgent power of the...
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Feehery: Trump’s war on Muslims
Posted on June 16, 2016
(Also Published in The Hill) “Sikhs are not Muslim.” A couple of months after the 9/11 attacks, a delegation of Sikh-Americans met with my former boss, then-Speaker of the House...
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Bringing the Marketplace to Consumer Rail
Posted on June 14, 2016
On the one hand, you have Uber and the generally free-market approach to the freight rail industry. On the other hand, you have Amtrak and Washington’s Metro system. Which works...
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