Three on religious liberty… and the ROOT of it
All three of these columns sprang from the Senate’s consideration of a bill codifying the recognition of same-sex unions into federal law. The first is the most important, as it […]
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Two arguments against the newest ‘special counsel’
There are two reasons the newest Justice Department special counsel, again looking into Donald Trump’s malfeasance, is a bad idea. First, it’s not a justified appointment. Second, the particular choice […]
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Three takes on Congress’ Republican leaders
I did not originally set out to write about each of these three Republican leaders — McConnell, McCarthy, and Scalise — in a concerted effort, but I wrote each one […]
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Even a bad Walker is better than a bad Warnock
(Nov. 29) Georgia Republican Herschel Walker isn’t fit to serve in the Senate, but neither is incumbent radical Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock. For voters in the broad political middle, the […]
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ISIS may be reborn, and it would be Trump’s fault
(Nov. 25) ISIS terrorists may soon make a comeback, and former President Donald Trump will bear a significant portion of the blame. A Fox News story Friday lays out the […]
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How Congress can make vote-counting more efficient
(Nov. 14) Congress can and should take some actions that would rein in the worst of the problems causing the absurdly slow ballot counting in six western states. Most directly, […]
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EXCLUSIVE: CEO of National Trust resigns
(Nov. 18) Paul Edmondson, the CEO and president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation who has been heavily involved in turbulence at James Madison’s Montpelier , a Trust property, has announced […]
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Why both parties deserved not to win
(Nov. 15) With a full week’s perspective on the Nov. 8 elections , one can see the U.S. constitutional system , in a macro sense, again worked exquisitely well. The results provided rough justice […]
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Trumperor has no clothes
(Nov. 16) Wafting out from Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday night, pungent as a three-day-dead rat in a basement closet, came the unmistakable stench of a loser. Yes, in 2016, Donald Trump pulled an inside straight, […]
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Tax cuts aren’t always the right conservative answer
(Nov. 16) Credit one veteran conservative Republican legislator for understanding what real fiscal responsibility means. Chris Pringle, just elected speaker pro tem of the Alabama House of Representatives, offered a word […]
