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War and the Constitution Jun. 13, 2024
Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitut... Read More
Merrick Garland Shouldn't Be Praised. He Should Be Impeached Jun. 07, 2024
The day Merrick Garland was set to appear before Congress, The Wall Street Journal ran a piece explo... Read More
War and Indifference Jun. 06, 2024
Which is more destructive to personal liberty, a government that engages in secret wars or a public ... Read More
Freedom Under Trump Jun. 05, 2024
Donald Trump recently spoke at the Libertarian National Convention. Good for him. It's encouraging ... Read More
It's Time To Make the U.S. House of Representatives More Representative May. 08, 2024
Way back in 1929, the number of House members was set at 435 by the Permanent Apportionment Act. Lit... Read More
Joe Biden Says There Are Very Fine People on Both Sides of the Oct. 7 Debate Apr. 26, 2024
"I condemn the antisemitic protests ..." President Joe Biden told reporters after days of anti-Jewis... Read More
Bias at CBS News? Believe It Apr. 15, 2024
WASHINGTON — "There is, of course, little evidence of ideological bias at CBS News," Rep. Mary... Read More
The CIA's Long and Dangerous History of Refusing To Answer Absurdly Obvious Questions Apr. 15, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
The CIA is so known for its unabashed secrecy that, when it joined Twitter in 2014, its first tweet ... Read More
America's Fiscal Ethos: From Alexander Hamilton's Day to Our Own Apr. 11, 2024
Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle recently wrote that the best argument made in favor of limit... Read More
Who Wants to Be House Speaker? Apr. 01, 2024
Mel Brooks said it's good to be the king — but is it good to be speaker of the House of Repres... Read More
Americans Can Tell the Difference Between Rosy Economic Data and Reality Mar. 28, 2024
The economy is growing, unemployment is low, wages are up, and inflation is down. However, the Ameri... Read More
Cherry Tree Therapy for the House GOP? Mar. 27, 2024
Washington's pink cherry blossoms, a spring sight for sore eyes, are about to be whacked. The Park S... Read More
The State of the Union Mar. 09, 2024
The Republicans should be mortified. In fact, by all accounts, they are. Rolling Stone featured an e... Read More
McConnell, Playing the Long Game, Endorses Trump Mar. 06, 2024
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell announced last week that he will step down... Read More
Mitch McConnell Does Not Care Mar. 01, 2024
Unlike a lot of conservatives gleefully cheering on Mitch McConnell's announcement that he will step... Read More
Over Congressional Republicans, Putin Casts His Dark Shadow Feb. 23, 2024
If you believed that the Republicans in Congress couldn't sink any lower, recent events have proved ... Read More
$113.6 Billion: Congress Appropriated 3 Times as Much in Response to Ukraine as Spent on Customs and Border Protection Feb. 21, 2024
From February 2022 to December 2023, Congress appropriated about three times as much money for its r... Read More
There Is Chaos at the Border and Finger-Pointing in Congress Feb. 16, 2024
WASHINGTON — How bad is the situation at the Southwest border? I attended a hearing Thursday o... Read More
Farce Turns to Tragedy in the House Feb. 14, 2024
WASHINGTON — Once upon a time, politics was a great spectator sport or theater, with character... Read More
This Gridlock Is a Feature, Not a Bug Feb. 09, 2024
There are many things many people want Congress to do. I would like a law that allows private citize... Read More
