January 28, 2015
Obama Backtracks From Plan to Tax ’529′ College Savings Accounts
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The quick demise of the White House plan to tax college savings accounts, also known as 529 plans, underscores what a flawed idea it was. By proposing a tax on these tax-free accounts,...
January 28, 2015
Happy Birthday to Thomas Aquinas!
Eight centuries ago, Thomas Aquinas was born. I am not an Aquinas scholar, as I suspect most of you are not. But we all owe a debt to this brilliant thinker who changed the course of human history....
January 27, 2015
Where are the adults?
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) “If you build it, they will come.” Steve King is no Shoeless Joe Jackson, but you have to give him some credit. A full year before the Iowa caucus process usually gets started, the conservative...
January 22, 2015
March for Life
Washington is flooded with young people. As happens every January 22, hundreds of thousands of Americans stream in from around the country to make the case for life. The vast majority of them are high school and college students. It’s...
January 21, 2015
Why GOP Should Listen to Carlos Curbelo on Immigration
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) I’m with Carlos Curbelo. He gave the Spanish language version of the Republican response and in it he said, “We should work through the appropriate channels to create permanent solutions to our...
January 21, 2015
Fix the Problem on Border Security
Mike McCaul, the Chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, is preparing to mark-up the most effective border security bill in history later today. It dedicates billions of dollars to the latest technologies to seal up the Southern border, authorizes 27...