Medicaid reforms are OK, and Cassidy saves Louisiana
(July 10, print edition) There is much to like and plenty to dislike about the misnamed “Big Beautiful Bill” signed into law on July 4, but the fearmongering about its provisions […]
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J. Bennett Johnston served state and nation well
(Official editorial of the Times-Picayune/Advocate, April 1 print edition) Former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston, who died March 25 at age 92, was a significant player on national policy and […]
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Immediate sadness on the passing of Joe Lieberman
(March 27) [I posted this within about 75 minutes after the announcement of the death of Joe Lieberman. I meant to go back and write a lot more, but other […]
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Speaker Johnson inexcusably lets Ukraine twist in the wind
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Feb. 15, 2024) The House should move with dispatch now that the Senate has passed a bill providing military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Ukraine is particularly urgent, as it has […]
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Unrelated: court ethics, and Steve Garvey
On Justice Barrett and court ethics, and on baseball great Steve Garvey running for the Senate, if you want to read the whole column (for each) indicated below, follow the […]
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Sasse’s last speech showed why he should have stayed in Senate
(Jan. 3) Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE), who this week is leaving the U.S. Senate to become president of the University of Florida, gave valedictory remarks on Tuesday that reminded some […]
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Trump awful, times two
The ‘Trump effect’ was poisonous for Republicans in 2022, Dec. 7. Herschel Walker’s 100,000-vote loss in Georgia puts the exclamation point on the “Donald Trump is electoral poison” narrative. If the former president had deliberately attempted to […]
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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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How Republicans can and should ‘replace’ Herschel Walker
(Oct. 7) Herschel Walker should announce he will forswear service in the Senate — but with a twist. Start with this, though: It is long past time for national and state Republicans and […]
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Progress, but not yet perfect, in reforming Electoral Count Act
(July 22) The bipartisan accord to reform the Electoral Count Act of 1887 is a laudable attempt to clarify and regularize the presidential vote-certifying process. But they haven’t quite got […]
