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Trump Makes Life Miserable for Republicans Oct. 31, 2019
Andrew Yang is running for the Democratic nomination for president, but he may have a unique underst... Read More
The Alternative History of the United States Sep. 18, 2019
Last week, Democrats held their first true presidential debate. With the field winnowed down to 10 c... Read More
America, Google and Me: My Senate Speech Jul. 23, 2019
Last week, at the invitation of Sen. Ted Cruz, I spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee about Googl... Read More
Trump Claims a Weird Win After Collapse of Tariff Threat Against Mexico Jun. 11, 2019
President Donald Trump is trying to put a happy face on the overwhelming embarrassment he suffered l... Read More
Short Takes on Unlikely GOP-Democrat Pairings Jun. 10, 2019
Thunder on K Street Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ted Cruz teaming up to push for lobbying ... Read More
In Defense of Lobbying Jun. 07, 2019
The media adores stories that bolster prevailing narratives about the virtuousness of "bipartisanshi... Read More
Campus Crusade Against Christianity May. 31, 2019
A new survey of college students by the liberal-leaning Knight Foundation shows the future of the Fi... Read More
What Gerald Ford Could Teach Beto O'Rourke in 2018 Oct. 20, 2018
When people learn that I have spent the past 50 years either working in or covering the past 13 pres... Read More
Cruz'in Toward Victory Oct. 16, 2018
There are tides in the affairs of men, we are reliably assured, which, taken at the flood, lead on t... Read More
Sign of the Times: Texas' GOP Cavalry May Need to Stay Home to Guard Ted Cruz Sep. 18, 2018
AUSTIN, Texas — Rick Potter knows campaign signs don't vote, but when an overwhelming amount o... Read More
Beto and Ted: The Feel of Battle Fatigue Aug. 07, 2018
I'd bet a million bucks U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas won't lose his reelection bid at the hands of th... Read More
Odds and Ends Jun. 30, 2018
Thanks to President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, we learned this week from the nonpartisan Congress... Read More
Trump Breaks Bread, Glasses and Party at Lunch May. 16, 2018
POTUS coming to Tuesday lunch. Translated, the president of the United States is joining 50 Republic... Read More
Which Politicians Look Like Their Home State? May. 12, 2018
West Virginia — which, between 2015 and 2016, was the only state to see both more deaths than ... Read More
Zuckerberg Hearings Should Be Just the Beginning Apr. 13, 2018
Forget Russian bots and inconsequential Facebook ads that didn't affect the outcome of the 2016 pres... Read More
The Fraudulent Case for the Border Wall Dec. 07, 2017
One night last month, a Border Patrol officer in southwest Texas was killed and his partner seriousl... Read More
The Big-Government 'Debate' Over Harvey Sep. 05, 2017
Well, nyaaah, nyaaah, nyaaah! Out pops, in the general direction of small-government conservatives, ... Read More
Harvey Reveals the Limits of Limited Government Sep. 03, 2017
Texans are great believers in free enterprise, private property and small government. They elect lea... Read More
Another Wall That Needs to Fall Aug. 30, 2017
The border in question divides two countries that in some ways are among the most starkly different ... Read More
How to Fix the GOP's Obamacare Fiasco Jul. 25, 2017
It's no great revelation that Republicans have bungled the Obamacare repeal bill beyond belief. Wha... Read More
