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Why Trump's Wall Is Not Going to Happen Aug. 27, 2017
Donald Trump has served one-seventh of his constitutionally allotted term of office, and given his t... Read More
Freedom for the Speech We Hate Aug. 17, 2017
Last weekend, serious violence broke out in Charlottesville, Virginia, when a group of white suprema... Read More
Quiet-ish Time in the City Of Power Aug. 08, 2017
Who weeps, who languishes, who darts anxious glances at the clock just about the time Congress goes ... Read More
$2 Million Bathroom Jul. 26, 2017
Did you see the $2 million dollar bathroom? That's what New York City government spent to build a "c... Read More
Demagogues Bashing Obamacare Repeal Jul. 05, 2017
Die-hard Obamacare defenders are out in force over July 4 to protest Republican repeal efforts. The ... Read More
The Consent of the Governed Jun. 15, 2017
Last week, when former FBI Director James Comey gave his long-awaited public testimony about his app... Read More
Scapegoating Businesses for Bad Government Policy Jun. 15, 2017
There's a disturbing and counterproductive tendency to scapegoat individual businesses for respondin... Read More
Once in a While, a Good Leak Jun. 08, 2017
Last weekend, the FBI arrested an employee of a corporation in Augusta, Georgia, that had a contract... Read More
The Right Way to Boost Infrastructure Spending Jun. 08, 2017
As part of its "Infrastructure Week," the Trump administration is holding infrastructure-themed even... Read More
Trump's Budget to Preserve the Swamp? May. 25, 2017
President Donald Trump's first budget proposal is finally out, and it boldly promises to deliver a "... Read More
How to Live in Peace May. 24, 2017
Millions of people love Apple computers and wouldn't be caught using a PC. By contrast, there are ma... Read More
Government Pension Offset Law Not About to Change May. 17, 2017
Over the past 17 years that I have been doing this column, I have written about 50 columns dealing w... Read More
The House of Representatives Endorses Obamacare May. 11, 2017
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives crafted a partisan compromise bill that endorsed and re... Read More
Is the US on the Path to French-style Economic Sclerosis? May. 11, 2017
There is a lot of debate over President Donald Trump's record after his first 100-plus days in offic... Read More
The Fear-Based Campaign to Control the Net May. 04, 2017
Public fear is an ally of big government. When fear sets in among the populace — often with en... Read More
Has the Old Trump Magic Lost Its Spell? May. 04, 2017
There was a time when a phrase typed by the mighty fingers of Donald Trump would shock world leaders... Read More
Lessons Unlearned From the '92 LA Riots Apr. 26, 2017
This weekend marks 100 days of the Trump administration. This milestone also coincides with a very i... Read More
Want More Civility? Try Less Power. Apr. 13, 2017
Earlier this week, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and now-deceased Justice Antonin Scalia... Read More
A Hole in the Constitution Apr. 06, 2017
The issue of federal government surveillance of Americans has largely occupied Washington politician... Read More
Is the Sky the Limit for the Debt Ceiling? Apr. 06, 2017
When the national debt ceiling's suspension was automatically lifted March 15, yet another countdown... Read More
