On ‘wall’ fight, Democrats are the cynics
Democratic leaders are negotiating in bad faith, against good policy, and to lamentable results in the current border-wall-funding theater on Capitol Hill. Set aside for now the realities that President […]
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Beware the worldwide debt monster
The self-proclaimed progressive wing of the Democratic Party still doesn’t get it, but plenty of reality-based people are finally realizing that debt levels in the U.S. and worldwide, public and private, […]
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Examiner picks: Romney; Soviet invasion; Supreme Court duty
For ALL of the rest of Quin Hillyer’s Washington Examiner columns for the week, go to this link. The ones not highlighted elsewhere at Quin Hillyer.com are headlined: Romney hits […]
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Twenty years after impeachment, Bob Livingston hits grace note
By Quin… Twenty years ago Wednesday, former Rep. Bob Livingston provided the single most dramatically unexpected congressional moment of our lifetimes. Now Livingston has released a memoir that for the […]
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This White House needs a Bossie chief of staff
Note: After I wrote this column on Dec. 11, President Trump chose Mick Mulvaney as his interim chief of staff. But note the word “interim.” Those in the know understand […]
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Yes, the Russia campaign efforts were effective
My colleague Eddie Scarry today thought there was much ado about nothing regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. He’s wrong. Scarry argues that two new reports from the Senate Intelligence Committee […]
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National politics churns in December
Herewith, a plethora of Quin’s writings at the Examiner from Dec. 8 through 23. Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Colleges were better when they were more ‘Paper Chase‘ […]
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Honoring Bush… and Dole
Four pieces by Quin, regarding the death of former president Bush. It is worth noting that the first piece on Bob Dole — the second piece in the series below […]
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Alabama’s Gary Palmer takes Policy post
Note: I wrote this piece the day before House Republicans indeed took my advice and elected Alabama’s Gary Palmer to a key post in their official leadership team. It explains, […]
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Sen. Tim Scott blocks a judge, for no good reason
Three separate posts about South Carolina Republican Tim Scott joining a smear of a judicial nominee, without giving a single specific reason. His behavior here has been shameful. The first […]
