November 29, 2016
Donald Trump’s Media Strategy–and Upending the White House Press Corps
Former White House press secretary Ari Fleisher suggested this week that Donald Trump would confront a hostile press corps when he comes to Washington. “Outsider Donald Trump was elected president in significant part because of his promise to shake up Washington....
November 29, 2016
Democrats Should Retire the Race Card on Donald Trump
Race-baiting has a long and inglorious history in American politics. Two prominent members of the Bush family, George H.W. and George W., race-baited their respective ways to the White House. H.W. deployed the famous Willie Horton ad to propel himself...
November 28, 2016
Donald Trump the pump faker
Donald Trump the pump faker is also published in The Hill. In basketball, a pump fake is when an offensive player shows enough of the ball to get the defender off stride so he (or she) can either drive to...
November 23, 2016
Dear Dad
Dear Dad, It’s been a year since you left us. Since that time, Notre Dame’s football program has completely collapsed, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, journalism as we know it has disappeared, and Donald Trump won the White...
November 21, 2016
Congress Should Enforce the Law or Repeal It
Congress should enforce the law or repeal it. My cousin used to say, tongue in cheek, laws are meant to be broken. I’m beginning to think he was on to something. Congress passes a lot of laws. It repeals only...
November 15, 2016
Give Mr. Trump some breathing space. Pass the omnibus spending bill.
On passing the omnibus spending bill… Donald Trump and his team may have said that they expected to win and maybe they did. But even if that is the case, they weren’t prepared for the eventual victory. Mr. Trump reportedly...