December 16, 2015
The Lessons of Roth-Kemp
When Bruce Thompson and Jim Brady started selling a tax reform plan in the late 1970’s, they didn’t get into specifics or try to educate people on the intricacies of tax policy. They stuck to big themes and creatively captured...
December 15, 2015
5 Suggested Questions for Tuesday’s Republican Debate in Las Vegas
(Originally published in the WSJ) Here are five questions that I’d like to see asked at Tuesday night’s Republican debate: 1. Please explain exactly how you are going to beat Hillary Clinton. Mitt Romney won white women by 14 points and still...
December 14, 2015
Why It Won’t Help Chicago for Rahm Emanuel to Resign
(Originally published in the WSJ) From the protests that have been been raging in Chicago, you might think that Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the person who killed Laquan McDonald. Since video was released last month of the 17-year-old’s multiple-shooting death by police,...
December 10, 2015
The SEC Is Good At Football (Or Was); It’s Not So Good At Picking Presidential Nominees
(Originally published in the WSJ) If recent history is any guide, the Republican candidate who competes best in the once-solid South won’t get enough votes in the rest of the country to get the party’s nomination. In 2008, former Arkansas...
December 8, 2015
Donald Trump Is an Idiot
Erick Erickson of Red State fame said on Twitter that his grandparents never ate Asian food on December 7th as a way to remember Pearl Harbor. Sure, Japan is part of Asia, but Asia is not Japan. One is bigger...
December 7, 2015
Strength above all
Originally published on The Hill “Well, there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn’t advise you to try to invade.” Americans love to be tough. That’s what Rick Blaine was explaining to Maj. Strasser in the epic...