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Democrats should separate culture from compulsion
(Nov. 25) Democratic analysts who say extreme wokeness is killing their party are right, but issue positions aren’t the whole problem. What’s worse is the use of government power to force everyone else to accept left-wing cultural […]
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Whitaker for NATO? Not so fast
(Nov. 21) President-elect Donald Trump may face serious confirmation battles for even some of his nominees who aren’t as high profile as Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, and Pete Hegseth. For […]
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Going the extra mile to justify the Hegseth nomination
(Nov. 20. Note: Since I first wrote this piece, I have leaned ever more strongly against this nomination. What follows, though, is how I first wrote it.) President-elect Donald Trump […]
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Minus the bombast, Musk and Ramaswamy could do well
(Nov. 13) Entrepreneurs Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will find it’s not so easy to radically downsize government. Their task, though, will be a worthy one if they take the […]
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Is this Caligula on the Potomac?
Note: What follows is the full, slightly longer original version of this published piece: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3233995/caligula-on-the-potomac/ Just two weeks after Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump already is acting in ways […]
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Scalise and Johnson should follow Livingston’s example
(Nov. 17, The Advocate/Times-Picayune) As speaker and majority leader of the U.S. House, Louisiana’s Mike Johnson and Steve Scalise should take a cue from what Metairie’s Bob Livingston did beginning 30 […]
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Nominations of Gaetz and Gabbard are abominable
(Nov. 14) Republican senators should immediately kneecap the nominations of former Reps. Tulsi Gabbard and especially Matt Gaetz for top spots in President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration. House and Senate […]
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Trump shouldn’t be nominating House Republicans
(Nov. 12) Working with an extremely thin Republican majority in the House, President-elect Donald Trump should not be appointing House Members to his administration. In doing so, he hurts his […]
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Gov. Ivey’s treatment of Bama veterans is a scandal
(Nov. 9, to kick off Veterans Day weekend) MOBILE, Alabama — On this Veterans Day, Alabama is roiled by a doozy of a veterans-related controversy. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey last month invoked […]
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Two major reforms can improve the VA
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Nov. 11) Year after year, presidential administration after administration, people across the political spectrum agree that U.S. military veterans deserve better treatment. Alas, despite genuinely good […]
