May 6, 2013
The Hatfields and McCoys
First published on The Hill “These guys are like the Hatfields and McCoys. That’s why they can’t get anything done in Congress.” My cab driver pretty much nailed it on the head. Relations between the Democrats and the Republicans in...
May 2, 2013
Rubio is Right. National Review? Not So Much.
I have long been a fan of the National Review. When I was in college, I would read the National Review to annoy the teachers. I had friends and mentors who wrote for the iconic magazine. I drew inspiration from...
May 1, 2013
The Lamest Lame Duck
The President did a press conference yesterday, where he made some news. None of it was good for him. He said he still has juice in answer to a Jonathan Karl’s question that asked if the President was still relevant. ...
April 30, 2013
Cruz Doing Cornyn No Favors
There are 26 million people living in Texas. About 40 percent of them are Hispanic. About 44 percent of them are White and not Hispanic. About 11 percent of them are Black. When you live in Texas, you gain an...
April 29, 2013
Don’t Show this Post to Your Kid
“Fawk you. Fawk off. Fawk this and Fawk that.” Fawk (or Fuck, as most people say it) was the primary expressive word of my college roommate, who happened to be from Boston. It was my first real face to face...
April 26, 2013
Regular Order on Immigration
The goal for John Boehner and pro-immigration reform House Republicans should be to get a vehicle to conference. It is not to pass the perfect bill. It is not to pass the Senate bill. The Senate frequently likes to forget...