April 25, 2013
Carve Out
He who has the pen makes the rules. That is especially true when it comes to Congress. Obamacare was controversial when the President signed it into law. Because of the Obamacare, Republicans were able to seize back control of House...
April 24, 2013
Bush Revisited
Thousands of Republicans are on their way to Dallas, Texas to commemorate and celebrate 8 consequential years at the turn of the 21st century. President Bush is opening his Presidential library, which runs counter to his self-image as a simple,...
April 23, 2013
The Train Wreck
Originally Published in The Hill. The healthcare train currently chugging down the tracks is going to crash, and it is not going to be pretty. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate Finance Committee chairman who helped design the healthcare reform...
April 22, 2013
How Boston Will Impact Washington
The Boston attacks will have an inevitable, if unpredictable, impact on the debates in Washington D.C. We now know that the perpetrators were legal residents, that they were Muslim, that they were Chechen, that they were pretty young. We know...
April 19, 2013
Homeland
Season Three of Homeland might debut in September on Showtime, but on CNN, MSNBC, Fox and all of the other networks, Homeland season three debuted last night. Talk about reality and fantasy merging together. Some might have thought that the...
April 18, 2013
The Rule of Threes
Why do these things always happen in threes? First, the Boston attacks at the conclusion of the Marathon. Then, the ricin letter sent to Senator Wicker. Finally, the explosion in Waco. What the Hell is going on here? There is...