March 20, 2013
Hindsight
Ten years. It has been a decade since America invaded Iraq. Historians will have a field day analyzing every aspect of this war, from beginning to end, and at every point in between. The war was a mistake, a giant...
March 19, 2013
Populism Run Amok
First published in The Hill. Andrew Jackson was our nation’s first populist president. He ran against the moneyed Eastern Establishment and abolished the Second Bank of the United States. Jackson also was the only president to pay off our national...
March 15, 2013
C-SAD
This should give a sense of how politically far afield the conservative movement has gone. The CPAC convention has invited Richard Fisher, the head of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank and big-time Democrat, to address the group while going out...
March 13, 2013
The New Pope
I was hoping for an American Pope. I got a South American Pope. I guess I should have been more specific. But the South American Pope is a Jesuit, which is not only a historical novelty, it is a huge...
March 13, 2013
How About a Mini-Bargain Strategy?
The Grand Bargain seems to be back in the news. The President is addressing House Republicans today, after he kibitzed with Senate Democrats yesterday. He dined with some select Senate Republicans and lunched with House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan. He...
March 12, 2013
The Power of the Balanced Budget
In 1995, at Xerox Document University, Newt Gingrich and John Kasich convinced the revolutionary class of 1994 and reluctant old-timers to work together to produce the first balanced budget in a generation. Kasich’s budget included a pro-growth tax reform agenda...