May 17, 2016
Who will change Washington? Trump
(Also published in The Hill) When I was in college at Marquette University, I took a class on political communications from George Reedy, the former press secretary to Lyndon Baines Johnson. Reedy was an astute observer of the political process...
May 16, 2016
The Art of the Deal
Washington is not good at cutting deals. That is especially true for the last 6 years with President Obama and the Republican-led Congress. Think Fiscal Cliff. Government shut-down. The failure of the Grand Bargain. Etc. Etc. Etc. The problem for...
May 12, 2016
Get America Moving
“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines In two straight lines they broke their bread And brushed their teeth and went to bed. They left the house at...
May 10, 2016
It Should Be O’Bama
It should be O’Bama. The President is an Irishman. He has Irish blood. You can tell because he likes to have a drink now and then, has the gift for the gab and he is a politician, which is a...
May 9, 2016
A party divided
(Also published in The Hill) In 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt bolted the Republican Party in opposition to incumbent William Howard Taft and ran as a third-party candidate, it put Nicholas Longworth in a very tough position. Like former House Speaker...
May 6, 2016
Science Matters to All of Us
It’s always slightly intimidating to be amidst a group of really smart scientists. That was especially true when the scientists just came from the White House where they were honored by the President of the United States for their work....