Posts Tagged ‘Congress’
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The Devil the Establishment Knows Vs. The Devil They Don’t
Posted on April 6, 2016
The Republican establishment has thrown in with the devil they know rather than taking a chance with a devil that they don’t. Let me unpack that sentence for you. First,...
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Paul Ryan is right. Will anyone listen?
Posted on March 23, 2016
(Originally published in USA Today) “Trump is the symptom but not the root of the incivility that threatens our political process.” Of course, House Speaker Paul Ryan is correct. Incivility is...
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Presidential Trolling on Guns
Posted on January 7, 2016
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor) Outside of personal reasons, President Obama issued his executive order on guns for two reasons. First, he is not up for reelection. Second, the...
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Ryan’s Regular Order
Posted on December 18, 2015
Sometimes, a baseball team just needs a new manager to get back to its winning ways. Paul Ryan played the cards as they were dealt him by his predecessor, John...
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White Smoke and Paul Ryan
Posted on October 21, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor) I had just returned from my son’s baseball practice when a friend texted me with a link to the Wikipedia page about Papal White...
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