January 20, 2015
Obama’s Opportunity
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Ronald Reagan called on a Democratic Congress to give him a line-item veto and to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution in 1987. Bill Clinton, fresh after a failed effort to impeach him, called...
January 19, 2015
The Free Market Reformer
I posted this a couple years ago, and I thought it was worth reposting: Barack Obama. Oprah Winfrey. Robert Johnson. Dick Parsons. Bill Cosby. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. It goes without saying that all of these individuals owe a great...
January 15, 2015
Idle Hands and Young Men
In Anacostia last night, a young black man murdered another young black man. In Ohio, a young white man was arrested for plotting the murder of a bunch of members of Congress. Outside of Paris last week, two young Muslims...
January 15, 2015
Four Steps on the Road to a Balanced Budget
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Congressional Republicans will be meeting in Hershey, Pa., the next couple of days, and the budget is sure to be discussed. Despite the improving numbers, balancing the federal budget in 10 years...
January 13, 2015
Time to take charge
(This originally appeared in The Hill.) Jay Leno is expected to give remarks to a joint meeting of House and Senate Republicans in Hershey, Pa., later this week. There is some precedent of bringing a humorist to a congressional retreat. I...
January 12, 2015
Mitt Vs. Jeb Vs. Mike
Mitt vs. Jeb vs. Mike. Now, we are getting somewhere. All three are hinting that they just might be interested in running for President....