January 18, 2011
Life Is a Preexisting Condition
According the Obama Administration, pretty much all of us have a preexisting condition. On the Washington Post’s Front Page, the headline screams: “Study: 129 million have preexisting conditions.” The story goes on: “As many as 129 million Americans under age...
January 17, 2011
Martin Luther King Jr., Free Market Reformer?
Barack Obama. Oprah Winfrey. Robert Johnson. Dick Parsons. Bill Cosby. Michael Jordan. Tiger Woods. It goes without saying that all of these individuals owe a great deal to Martin Luther King Jr., who is remembered today on the anniversary of...
January 14, 2011
Prohibition Revisited
Reading the Constitution out loud on the House floor in the opening days of the new Congress was a masterstroke by Republicans. Had I had the chance, I would have advised them to read the whole thing, because it is...
January 13, 2011
Making the Personal Profound
President Obama spoke from the heart last night, and it worked for him and for the country. He made the intensely personal profound. By highlighting first the lives of those who were killed in Tucson, he offered a glimpse into...
January 12, 2011
Capitol Hill Tragedy
I have lived on and off Capitol Hill now for more than 20 years. I lived on the Hill in the early 1990’s during the bad old days, when the crack wars threatened the lives of many young staffers, and...
January 11, 2011
Insanity Makes An Entrance
It was Charles Manson who said: “Years ago, it meant something to be crazy. Now everyone’s crazy.” It sure seems that way. You just have to take a look at what is on the TV for a few minutes to...