July 26, 2017
The AG Should Stay Where He Is
When it comes to policy issues, I have had my fair share of disagreements with Jeff Sessions. Our current Attorney General, when he was a Senator, pushed for the restriction of legal immigration, making the case that it would boost...
July 25, 2017
Winning August
That first August can define a presidency. Jimmy Carter made news in August by creating a new Cabinet department, the Department of Energy, and by actively working to give the Panama Canal back to the Panamanians. Ronald Reagan fired every...
July 19, 2017
What if Congress Accomplishes Nothing?
With the failure of Obamacare repeal and replace, it is now evident that Democratic obstructionism and Republican infighting make any legislative accomplishments difficult to imagine. There is a working theory that because the Republican health care plan failed in the...
July 18, 2017
The original maverick
Also published in The Hill. Before there was Donald Trump, there was John McCain. If you think Trump is secretly hated by the vaunted Republican establishment, you should have been in a GOP leadership meeting when it was revealed that McCain was...