Posts Tagged ‘Capitol’
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On Ted Van Der Meid
Posted on March 27, 2018
It was early in my Congressional career. And Ted Van Der Meid was less than impressed with my performance thus far. I was newly hired full-time by the House Minority...
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The Decline and Fall of the Conservative Movement
Posted on October 21, 2016
Conservatives are scratching their heads, trying to figure out how Donald Trump ended up as their only alternative in this presidential election. As someone who witnessed, for 25 years first-hand,...
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Innocence Lost
Posted on October 23, 2014
Like foreshadowing in a dark novel, three years before the attacks on September 11, 2001, a lone gunman walked into the document door of the United States Capitol, pulled out...
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The Lessons of 1990
Posted on July 19, 2011
I learned to drink coffee in 1990. I worked for House Minority Leader Bob Michel as a junior-level staffer, and I spent many a late night and quite a few...
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History
Posted on July 15, 2011
I can’t tell if this current Congress is making history, defying history, ignoring history, or will soon be history. I had dinner last night with a Freshman member of the...
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