June 25, 2014
The RINOs: A History
When news broke that Eric Cantor had lost his primary, Ed Gillespie, the Republican nominee for the Virginia Senate seat, immediately tweeted congratulations to David Brat. The rest of the Republican party establishment, the non-sentimental lot that it is, fell...
June 24, 2014
Andy Jackson and Ex-Im Bank
Fred Hochberg might want to read up on experiences of Nicholas Biddle. Biddle was the President of the Second National Bank, and at the urging of Henry Clay, he moved to have Congress reauthorize the National Bank’s charter four years...
June 24, 2014
Pete King’s GOP
This originally appeared in The Hill. Congressman Pete King (R-N.Y.), a familiar pugilist on cable television, took his message of a robust American foreign policy to New Hampshire for the sixth time over the weekend. This was after a week...
June 23, 2014
The C-Suite and the Ivory Tower
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of a master hand. Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat, encircled with lilies....
June 20, 2014
Brett Favre, Chuck Woolery Stump in Mississippi
Originally posted on wsj.com on June 20, 2014 The Mississippi Senate race has come down to Chuck Woolery vs. Brett Favre. Mr. Woolery, a Hollywood icon who has been married four times and a born-again conservative, is leading a bus...
June 19, 2014
The Happy Warrior
Steve Scalise is a conservative, but as Quinn Hillyer put it in the National Review, channeling Mike Huckabee, he’s not mad about it. As the head of the Republican Study Committee, Scalise picked his moments to engage with House Republican...