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Bannon Goes Belly up, and the Stock Market Soars Jan. 09, 2018
There were two big money-and-politics stories in the first week of the new year: The Dow Jones indus... Read More
Democrats, Taxes and Freedom Dec. 26, 2017
What's the matter with the Democrats — the Capitol Hill Democrats, in this present case? Yes,... Read More
With This Tax Cut, Trump and the GOP Are on the Side of the Growth Angels Dec. 26, 2017
With President Trump's signing of the big tax cut bill, the Republican Party snatched victory from t... Read More
Trump Economic Policies Are Likely to Succeed Dec. 26, 2017
Donald Trump, Congress and the entire Republican Party has cashed it's winnings from the 2010, 2012,... Read More
Will Tax Cuts Help Republicans in 2018? Dec. 24, 2017
Mitch McConnell thinks the tax bill passed by Congress will put a strong wind into his party's sails... Read More
Resolutions and Predictions Dec. 23, 2017
The calendar reminds us that it's that special time of the year to make reckless predictions and fle... Read More
Republicans Bet the Farm Dec. 22, 2017
President Trump, every Republican senator, and the GOP majority in Speaker Paul Ryan's House just pu... Read More
What John F. Kennedy and Donald Trump Have in Common Dec. 19, 2017
Last week during an address at the White House, President Donald Trump likened his tax plan to the t... Read More
Understanding Republicans Dec. 02, 2017
It's important for us to remember that even though President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, successf... Read More
Will Washington Ever Learn? Apparently Not Nov. 28, 2017
The messiness of the long-proverbial "mess in Washington" stands out this post-holiday week like a p... Read More
The Stupid Party Gets Smart Nov. 21, 2017
Republicans have long been known as "the stupid party." They do stupid things, such as waiting until... Read More
Oil Has a Price. Wildlife? Priceless Nov. 14, 2017
The Bible tells how Esau sold his birthright for a "mess of pottage." It is a lesson on the foolishn... Read More
Who'll Be Crying in Their Beer? Nov. 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders found a clever way to combine ... 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
Do the Math. Tax Cuts Are Bound to Increase the National Debt Oct. 15, 2017
WASHINGTON — Speaking to a group of workers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trum... Read More
Is Trump the Heir to Reagan? Oct. 13, 2017
Three decades ago, as communications director in the White House, I set up an interview for Bill Rus... Read More
Kevin Hassett Spanks the Tax Policy Center Oct. 09, 2017
President Trump's new chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett, walked into the lion... Read More
Trump's Tax Cut: 'Show Me the Money' Oct. 03, 2017
Donald Trump's latest tax-cut plan would be a steroid injection for the U.S. economy. Bravo to the W... Read More
'Keep It Simple, Stupid' Aug. 29, 2017
One of the most enduring lessons from the American health care fiasco is that to win a political bat... Read More
Can Americans Be Happy Again? Jun. 01, 2017
America is not a very happy place, and it is getting less so. Our downward trend in happiness preced... Read More
