May 15, 2009
Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame
Cheer, Cheer for Old Notre Dame I am a Marquette man myself, but I have always liked Notre Dame, especially its football team. My dad attended Notre Dame, my brother graduated from there, my Uncle is a graduate, and my...
May 15, 2009
Baumol’s Cost Disease
Baumol’s Cost Disease I ran into a good friend of mine, who works on the Senate Finance Committee. He is the kind of guy who thinks about abstract economic theories and tries to apply them to the real world. He...
May 14, 2009
Attributes Vs. Issues
Attributes Vs. Issues Issues come and go, so it is the attributes of a politician that ultimately win or lose campaigns. That is what makes Nancy Pelosi’s troubles with torture so compelling. Republicans are...
May 13, 2009
Thin Ice
In baseball, when a team loses 10 games in a row, the owner starts thinking about firing the manager. Whoever owns the Republican Party should start thinking about firing Michael Steele. Steele’s run at the RNC has been inauspicious at...
May 12, 2009
A Test for the GOP
A Test for GOP Charlie Crist’s decision to run for Senate represents a true test for the Republican Party. Crist is a popular politician in Florida. He has governed the State in difficult times with great agility and with a...
May 12, 2009
Mr. Cheney
Mr. Cheney In 1993, I tried to get a job with Dick Cheney’s Presidential campaign. I even interviewed with David Addington, the now famous counselor to the Vice President, who apparently was helping the former Defense Secretary assemble...