January 16, 2017
Trump And A Short History of Inaugural Addresses
On Trump and a short history of inaugural addresses… Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson’s inaugural address was the first on the East Portico of United States Capitol building. The crowd overwhelmed whatever security was in place to restrain it, as Jackson had...
January 11, 2017
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu, Good Bye, See You Later Alligator
In full disclosure, I didn’t watch the President’s farewell address. I’m just happy that he is leaving, safely, with his nice family, pretty wife, with plenty of money in the bank to buy a big house and pay for college...
January 10, 2017
Tax Reform is Central to Making America Great Again
If Congress wants to truly make America great again, it won’t get sidetracked by superfluous issues and will focus like a laser beam on reforming our tax code. Repealing and replacing Obamacare, figuring out who hacked John Podesta’s emails, building...
January 9, 2017
Pull the Obamacare Band-Aid Off Now
Every mother will tell you that if you take the Band-Aid off quickly, it won’t hurt as much. Every child will tell you that Mom is lying. Pulling a Band-Aid off quickly hurts like hell. But the pain doesn’t last...
January 6, 2017
Republicans Need to Hang Together
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The durability of the Constitution has been called into question by the election of Donald Trump: Will a man who is so inexperienced in the world of politics and who...
January 5, 2017
2017 Predictions
(Also Published on Political Storm) It’s hard to predict the future, but that doesn’t stop people from trying. Here are my predictions: Every one of Donald Trump’s cabinet appointments will be confirmed by the Senate. Democrats will split on most...