One of the coolest things about running for Congress even if you don’t know what you are doing, is you get to take pictures with the president of the United States and his vice-president if […]
I had the chance to speak with a brash hot-shot young political operative from another Southern state who had helped a Democrat win a big campaign recently. As Southern political types are wont to do, […]
Everyone knows Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton for a litany of reasons. Burr was not the only person who wanted to kill Hamilton. He just got to him first. In the revival of […]
Democrats take back Congress. Republicans add a couple of seats to their majority in the U.S. Senate. Donald Trump stays in the White House. What happens next for 2019 and 2020? We have seen divided […]
Isn’t everyone tired of all the negativity around the country? It comes from all sides. Don’t kid yourself that it doesn’t. Wouldn’t it be nice on this day after the 2018 elections if someone, anyone, […]
Every election is important. That is why our founders instituted two-year election cycles for the offices closest to the needs of the people: the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Delegate Roger Sherman of Connecticut explained why […]
“The great majority of Americans are neither radicals nor reactionaries. They are middle-of-the-road folks who own their own homes and work hard and would like to have the government get back to its old habits […]
Tariffs are bad. They are just “taxes” by a different name. Higher taxes and tariffs retard economic production and growth. The higher the tax, or tariff, the lower amount of product is sold. Would the […]
Until 1925, the federal government used to wrap official federal documents in red tape. It made things look “official,” borrowing from regal Spanish and British traditions of long ago. President Calvin Coolidge and his budget […]
Where would we be today? We would still be languishing in the throes of the economic malaise we endured for eight long years under President Barack Obama. The same policies that never produced more than […]
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