November 12, 2014
Uniting the GOP on Immigration
There is one thing President Obama can do to unite Republicans on the issue of immigration. And that is to take the law into his own hands. To say that there is a diversity of opinion within the Republican Conference...
November 11, 2014
Why Pelosi and Reid Will Stay
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal) You might think that after the shellacking they received last Tuesday, House and Senate Democrats would want new leadership. Americans believe in accountability. The Yankees regularly fire managers when the team doesn’t...
November 11, 2014
Veterans Day Rant
I am going to go on a bit of rant here, so excuse me in advance. I am working on Veterans Day. That’s not that surprising. Most Americans are working on Veterans Day. The stock market is open, for example....
November 11, 2014
Lest We Forget
My son plays soccer at Anacostia Field, across the river from Capitol Hill. It’s a short bike ride from the Capitol building and it was there that veterans of the Great War had assembled in 1932. It had been a...
November 10, 2014
Partisanship Without Purpose
Outside of the losing candidates themselves, who had the worst election night last Tuesday? You can make the case that it was the head of the United Mine Workers union, Cecil Roberts. Roberts biggest mistake was supporting Alison Grimes over...
November 7, 2014
Decision Points For the GOP Next Year
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) Congressional Republicans have some big decisions to make when they gather to plot their strategies to take on President Barack Obama and to accomplish some things with him. Getting legislation to the...