July 9, 2014
Where Is Obama on Chicago’s Gun Violence?
Originally posted in the WSJ Sixteen Americans were killed and more than 60 were wounded in three days of violence....
July 8, 2014
All Too Often, Good Politics = Bad Policy
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Republicans have a historic chance to take back the Senate this November. If they control both houses of Congress, they will have an opportunity to set the agenda during President Obama’s last two years...
July 7, 2014
Google and The Working Man
So, this is what the Larry Page of Google said about the future of work: “I totally believe we should be living in a time of abundance, like the Peter Diamandis book. If you really think about the things that...
July 4, 2014
Towards A More Perfect Union
By all accounts, Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 was uncomfortably hot. And there was no air conditioning....
July 3, 2014
The Political Implications of the World Cup
A friend of mine, let’s call him Paul, hates soccer and didn’t watch a second of the World Cup. He is not particularly alone. Ann Coulter, that modicum of balance and rationality, stated flatly that watching World Cup Soccer is...
July 2, 2014
Hobby Lobby Is Over-Rated As a Political Issue
This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank The last best hope for congressional Democrats this fall is changing the subject from the dismal performance of the president to something–anything–else....