Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
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Obama, Jefferson, Jackson and The Debt
Posted on October 27, 2015
(Originally published on The Hill) It was slightly less than eight years ago when Barack Obama made a name of himself at the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Iowa. Back then,...
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White Smoke and Paul Ryan
Posted on October 21, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor) I had just returned from my son’s baseball practice when a friend texted me with a link to the Wikipedia page about Papal White...
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Socialism with a smile
Posted on October 20, 2015
(Orignally published in The Hill.) Bernie Sanders has become a cultural icon. Some 650,000 Americans have been so enamored with the Vermont senator’s message of income redistribution and the promise...
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Paul Ryan Should Take the Speaker’s Gavel
Posted on October 19, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor.) As somebody who worked for 15 years in the House GOP Leadership, including 6 years as a spokesman to the longest serving Republican Speaker...
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Hillary Clinton: The Politician
Posted on October 7, 2015
It comes as no surprise that Hillary Clinton came out against the latest trade agreement. She’s a politician. The fact that she said favorable things about it on 45 different occasions...
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