July 2, 2015
Pursuit of Happiness
In America, we pursue happiness. As we declared in our independence from King George and his crony capitalists, the pursuit of happiness was a key part of the deal. Thomas Jefferson liked to pursue happiness. He liked to drink wine,...
June 30, 2015
Supreme Court Chumps
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) It took nine decades for Congress and the states to amend the Constitution to allow for the direct election of U.S. senators. It took only a few years–and a couple...
June 30, 2015
On Chris Christie
I am excited about Chris Christie entering the Presidential field. Not as excited as I was when I said on CNN after his reelection as Governor of New Jersey that he was the front-runner for the GOP nomination. Christie swept...
June 27, 2015
Winning By Losing
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Conservatives may be furious with the Supreme Court, but the court did the Republican Party two big favors this week. With the justices ending debate over the legality of same-sex...
June 25, 2015
To Repeal Obamacare, You Need to Replace It
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The Roberts Court has ruled twice that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional. So that debate is pretty much over. The law isn’t going to be thrown out by the...
June 25, 2015
Jindal’s Run
Bobby Jindal will not win the Presidency a year from next November. His campaign for the White House probably won’t last the summer. He barely registers more than a blip on the national polls and it’s hard to know exactly...