January 15, 2014
Chris Christie Scares Far Left and Far Right
It’s not often that Ed Schultz and Mark Levin agree on something. But when it comes to Chris Christie, they both agree that he is a terrible human being. Levin, the conservative radical firebrand, compared Christie to Barack Obama and...
January 14, 2014
6 Cautionary Tales of ‘The Prince’ In Modern Politics
Originally published on The Hill It was in 1513 that Niccolò Machiavelli first wrote The Prince, although it didn’t hit the printing presses until 1532, five years after the most infamous of political philosophers had died. That was by design, because...
January 10, 2014
Why Isn’t Anybody Working?
Despite the fact that the Obama economy created only 72,000 jobs last month, the unemployment rate dropped down to 6.7%. If that doesn’t make much sense to you, it doesn’t make much sense to any of the smart economists out...
January 9, 2014
Team Christie: Afflicting Itself
It was Mr. Dooley who first said, “politics ain’t beanbag.” Finley Peter Dunne, the 19th century humorist/journalist, who hailed from the Irish part of the Chicago, found Mr. Dooley at an imaginary pub on the South Side. Mr. Dooley was a...
January 8, 2014
Poverty War
50 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson declared a “War on Poverty,” in the Chamber of the United States of Representatives. Johnson had only been in the Oval Office for three months, and the country was still reeling from the assassination...
January 7, 2014
Dangers of Prevent Defense
Originally Published on The Hill Congress is coming back into session as the Super Bowl season begins, so I am going to rely heavily on a football metaphor in this column. Congressional Republicans have a solid lead going into the...