March 8, 2011
What To Do About Libya
The Romans twice ran Libya. The first time, they brought the Libyans a “Golden Age”. As Wikipedia put it: “As a Roman province, Libya was prosperous, and reached a golden age in the 2nd century AD, when the city of...
March 7, 2011
The King Hearing
I am a big Peter King fan. When I worked for the House Republican Leadership, I was a fellow traveler with him when it came to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. I agreed with him on engagement with Sinn Fein...
March 4, 2011
The NFL and the NEA
I am rooting for the NFL Players Association, and against the NEA. The NFL players have legitimate concerns. They make a bunch of money for the owners, but the owners give relatively little of it back to the players, especially...
March 4, 2011
Small step, Big step
As the rest of the country fixated on the decline and fall of Charlie Sheen, Washington took a small step towards fiscal responsibility. A very small step. Under the prodding of House Republicans, the Senate passed a two-week extension of...