April 25, 2016
A ‘Caddyshack’ candidate
(Originally published in The Hill) Al Czervik is poised to take over the Republican Party, and the Judge Smails faction of the GOP just can’t accept that truth. Czervik, of course, was the uncouth, politically incorrect, nouveau riche boor played...
April 22, 2016
Earth Day
The nation’s first environmentalist President was Teddy Roosevelt. In case you don’t remember, he was a Republican. The legislation that created the Environmental Protection Agency was signed into law by Richard Nixon. We don’t like to claim him, but he...
April 20, 2016
Turning Its Back on the Age of Jackson
A day after Donald Trump swept most of New York State’s delegates, trouncing his two remaining opponents by wide margins, the Treasury Department announced that it was kicking Andrew Jackson off of his honored spot on the twenty-dollar bill and...
April 19, 2016
Regular Order and the Spending Bills
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Alexander Hamilton, newly a star on Broadway, didn’t care much for specific spending requests from Congress. He urged the House and the Senate to send him a general authorization to spend money as he...
April 19, 2016
No Sovereign Immunity for the Saudi Sovereign
On September 18th, 1965, Kathleen Byrne was walking down the road in Dublin, Ireland, when she fell down and hurt herself because of the shoddy construction job done by workers from the Irish Department of Posts and Telegraphs. Incensed, she...
April 18, 2016
Love That Boy
Twice over the last 5 years, I have sported a nice black eye, both caused by my rambunctious son Jack. One time, he head-butted me accidentally when we were wrestling. The second time, he threw a fastball that my glove...