December 19, 2011
Impeaching Judges
Impeaching Judges When I worked for Tom DeLay (a long time ago, I might add), he spent a couple of months promoting an idea of his, which I thought was a bit wacky at the time. He wanted to impeach...
December 16, 2011
King Hal
King Hal It has been a long time, but the Appropriations Committee has finally got its mojo back. And Hal Rogers, the first term Chairman of the once powerful and feared Committee, is the chief reason why. The House completed...
December 16, 2011
War is Hell
Ron Paul was attacked for saying something perfectly obvious in the debate last night. Nobody in his or her right mind in America wants to go to war with Iran. President Obama won’t get much of a bump for getting...
December 15, 2011
Tea Party Fantasy Date
Rush Limbaugh said today that any Republican in the field, other than Ron Paul, could beat Barack Obama today. That is not true, and Rush should know it. Rush does not have a particularly good track record. Remember, he believed...
December 14, 2011
Three Kings of Business
Inventors, Manufacturers, Salesmen There are three basic kinds of people in the business world. Inventors come up with new ways to make things. Manufacturers make the things that the inventors invent. Salesmen sell the things made by the manufacturers. Inventors,...
December 13, 2011
Newt Deserves Credit on Medicare Modernization
The current leader in the Presidential derby is getting flack for his role in a Medicare expansion law and he doesn’t deserve the abuse. Newt Gingrich played a critical role in getting the Medicare Modernization Act. As Politico recounts it,...