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Tax Reform Should Encourage More Saving, Not Less Nov. 02, 2017
Republicans want tax reform, but their refusal to cut spending forces them to look into all sorts of... Read More
Republicans Embrace Tax Cuts and Ruinous Deficits Nov. 02, 2017
The U.S. economy is humming like a bee in clover. Gross domestic product is growing at a solid clip;... Read More
Both Parties Trying Even Harder to Defeat Themselves Oct. 27, 2017
Three weeks ago, I wrote a column about how both parties seem determined to lose the next elections.... Read More
Dems Can't Insult Their Way to Victory Oct. 27, 2017
Democrats' failed strategy of insulting voters is the gift that keeps on giving — to the GOP. ... Read More
It's Trump's Party Now Oct. 27, 2017
"More is now required of us than to put down our thoughts in writing," declaimed Jeff Flake in his o... Read More
There Is No GOP Civil War Oct. 27, 2017
Despite the unrequited longings of the left and certain vocal Republicans, there is no civil war in ... Read More
Tax Reform Debate Taxing Republicans' Negotiating Skills Oct. 26, 2017
The good news is that there's a debate in Washington about how to make the tax code less destructive... Read More
Trump's Long History of Holding Health Care Hostage Oct. 17, 2017
The story of Donald Trump and health coverage rightly starts with the story of Donald Trump and Will... Read More
Tax Reform Should Avoid the Global Minimum Tax Oct. 12, 2017
In a town where consensus is rare, an agreement has emerged among Republicans that the main goals of... Read More
Both Parties' Extremists Seem Determined to Lose the Next Elections Oct. 06, 2017
Almost no one disagrees that our two major political parties, the oldest and third-oldest in the wor... Read More
In the Gun Debate, Bipartisan Hypocrisy Oct. 05, 2017
Republicans and Democrats don't agree on much, but they agree that sometimes, individual freedom mus... Read More
Taxing Dollars Already Taxed by States Will Not Happen Oct. 03, 2017
Nice try, Republicans. You'd like to end the federal deduction for state and local taxes. That would... Read More
To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement Sep. 29, 2017
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging Wiscons... Read More
Can the 'Big Six' Keep Tax Reform From Being Deep-Sixed? Sep. 28, 2017
This week, the so-called "Big Six" Republican tax leaders unveiled more of their plan to reform the ... Read More
Single-Payer Health Care Should Not Be a Religion Sep. 28, 2017
The latest Republican push to essentially kill the Affordable Care Act through lawmaking is dead. Se... Read More
Not Saving Is the American Way Sep. 26, 2017
Smart people living in harm's way of hurricanes know to fortify their homes before the storm hits. I... Read More
Tension Between President and Congress Is Politics as Usual Sep. 22, 2017
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the president seems out of alignment, on policy and political... Read More
House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority Sep. 15, 2017
The Founding Fathers didn't expect that serving in Congress would be a lifetime career. And for a ce... Read More
Not the Art of the Deal Sep. 15, 2017
Who the heck knows what's going to happen to the "dreamers," immigrants who came illegally to the U.... Read More
Chuck, Nancy and Donald: The Part That Mattered Sep. 12, 2017
Donald Trump's deal with "Chuck and Nancy" has rained new angst on his party (the Republican Party).... Read More
