May 4, 2015
Scandals Alone Won’t Stop Clinton
(This originally appeared in The Hill) There’s no way that draft-dodger is going to beat the president.” I made that bold prediction at a rehearsal dinner a few months before the 1992 election, and I was convinced that the scandals...
May 1, 2015
The Gordian Knot of Tax Reform
Our federal tax code is one big Gordian knot. It has so many rules and loopholes and deductions that its complexity strangles the growth of the American economy and causes American companies to locate overseas. When Alexander the Great confronted...
April 28, 2015
Baseball and Baltimore
I was watching video of the riots in Baltimore. One of the kids throwing rocks at the cops had a pretty good arm. Side-armed delivery. Lots of velocity. He should be playing baseball. Instead, he is throwing rocks at cops....
April 28, 2015
Racial Polarization and Baltimore
In the aftermath of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, my hometown of Chicago faced riots in most of the worst ghettos in the city, except in certain areas on the South Side that were controlled by the Blackstone...
April 27, 2015
Why Kasich Should Run
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Is an already crowded field for the presidency in 2016 a barrier to entry for Ohio Gov. John Kasich? I don’t think so. In fact, it could help Kasich by lowering the amount of...
April 24, 2015
The Path to Baltimore Paved With Good Intentions
In many ways, I don’t blame the Baltimore protestors. According to a Rasmussen survey, 62% of the American people believe that government has too much power. I am surprised that that number is not higher. Of course government is too...