March 18, 2016
Kristol Attacks Me?
Bill Kristol attacks me in The Weekly Standard today for being a supporter of Donald Trump. I guess that’s fair play because I attacked him for being an avid, early and consistent supporter of Sarah Palin. The only problem with...
March 16, 2016
A United Ireland
(Originally published in The Hill) The Celtic Tiger is back — and just in time to celebrate the centennial of the Easter Rising events. The Irish economy grew 7.8 percent in 2015, with gross domestic product 9.2 percent stronger in...
March 15, 2016
How Kasich Can Win
When I was a kid, my friends and I used to play a board game called Landslide. The object of the game was to get enough electoral votes to win the Presidency. It was a board game so it wasn’t...
March 15, 2016
Macho Man
Donald Trump is a Macho Man, and that attitude is carrying him to the GOP nomination. If ever there was a political party that was susceptible to a Macho Man campaign, it is the Republican Party. The GOP’s favorite hero is...
March 10, 2016
Get Used to Globalization
I am flying down to Miami to check out the last debates with the final four Republican candidates. It’s appropriate that there would be a final four in March, because the Final Four is the natural culmination of the March...
March 9, 2016
My Current Thoughts on the State of the Race
I gave a little talk to some folks up in Boston yesterday and I thought I would share my notes with you. First, let me say for the record that past performance is no guarantee of future results. And my...