November 12, 2015
Let ‘Em Crash is Not a Governing Philosophy
“Shanna, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ’em crash.” That’s the money quote from the movie Airplane! from conservative pundit Jack Kirkpatrick, and it pretty much sums up the Ted Cruz governing...
November 10, 2015
5 Questions for Tonight’s Debate
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Election campaigns are supposed to show voters who a candidate is and how he or she would lead. To that end, I hope that Tuesday’s Republican debate includes questions that...
November 9, 2015
Remembering the Stakes on Veterans Day
(Originally published in The Hill) There is no apostrophe in Veterans Day for a simple reason. Our nation’s veterans don’t own the day. They don’t possess it. On Veterans Day, we Americans honor all of those who serve or used...
November 5, 2015
Due Diligence
As anyone knows who has either hired somebody or been hired by somebody, the job interview is an important element to the process. How you connect with the person doing the hiring, how you fit in with the team, how...
November 4, 2015
The Limits of the Liberal Feedback Loop
Pauline Kael, the celebrated New Yorker film critic, was once misquoted as saying, “I don’t understand how Richard Nixon could have won. I don’t know anybody who voted for him.” Nixon, of course, beat George McGovern in a historic landslide...
November 3, 2015
Jeb Bush and Restoring American Greatness
Jeb Bush is not out of this race by any means. The rest of the field is weak at the top but strong at the bottom. The former Florida governor is smack dab in the middle, behind the weakest contenders...