WASHINGTON — I am reading historian Gordon Wood’s splendid “Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815.” It is an ideal companion for this July 4th we...
MEMO TO: Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Robert A. McDonald
RE: The VA’s crisis is even worse than you think!
Your good news is that the White House, Congress and D...
In August, the federal Highway Trust Fund runs out of money, and Congress is in a dither. As members consider proposals ranging from gas taxes to general cuts in federal...
WASHINGTON — I was against the Export-Import Bank before I was for it, and I may someday be against it again. But right now I’m for it, because the congressional fuss ov...
The Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling Monday that closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees brought protests that it wi...
Take a minute and Google the term “Internal Revenue Service” or “IRS,” and you will find no shortage of famous quotes from people who are fearful of it. The federal agen...
So gridlock seems to be the rule of the day even when it’s in everyone’s interests to compromise here and there. “Compromise?” There will be no use of dirty words in...
For the third time in seven years, the Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases...
The explosion of illegal crossings by unaccompanied minors is not the result of inadequate border security. The youths are being captured right at the border — by the te...
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court last week admonished the Environmental Protection Agency for overreaching in regulating greenhouse gases. The Clean Air Act covers pollute...
