September 2, 2015
Regular Order: Mike Simpson and the Fight to Protect the Boulder-White Cloud Mountain Range
Regular Order is a blog within a blog: Each month, I will feature a Member of Congress who has used his position to achieve good things for his constituents. Too often, the American people vote for folks based on a...
September 1, 2015
Miley Cyrus, Donald Trump and the Decline and Fall of American Culture
I doubt the Video Music Awards and Miley Cyrus will garner a mention by Donald Trump or any other Republican Presidential candidate (with the possible exception of Mike Huckabee). But I am beginning to think that it should. The current...
August 31, 2015
Black Lives Matter to Ben Carson
I assume that the Black Lives Matter movement won’t be endorsing Ben Carson for President. Carson leads the polls in the white-bread Iowa Republican Party Presidential polls, where black people make up a minuscule percentage of the party base. Barack...
August 28, 2015
Katrina Changed Everything
Katrina changed everything. Ten years ago, as the storm battered first Florida, then Mississippi and then Louisiana, the dreams and expectations of the American people were similarly battered. Katrina exposed fault lines in our society, shattered faith in our political...
August 28, 2015
John Feehery: Cruz’s relentless mendacity
(This article was first published on The Hill) “Mendacity” is the first word in Ted Cruz’s new book. How appropriate! If there is one word that sums up the senator’s short political career, it’s that one. As the saying goes, “...
August 27, 2015
6 Tips for Jeb!
(This article originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) In trying to cut his own path to the Oval Office, Jeb Bush is being excessively open to the media. He is trying to run joyfully and as his...