September 19, 2020

President Trump’s Three Steps to the Abraham Accords

President Trump announced the Abraham Accords earlier this week, marking the beginning of an historic and lasting peace to the Middle East. This was a result of years of effort on his part, planning a comprehensive strategy and carefully putting it i...

February 15, 2018

Obama said we can't drill our way to energy independence. Actually, we did.

Believe it or not, there was a time when a seemingly large, definitely vocal group of U.S. political leaders told us we must reduce America's dependence on fossil fuels – particularly oil.  "We are running out of oil," t...

January 19, 2018

Trump is Hitler? Right period, wrong guy

As President Trump racks up undeniable wins related to jobs (unemployment is falling, including historic lows among blacks and hispanics), economics (Trump's tax bill resulting in over a hundred companies giving large cash bonuses to their employ...

October 20, 2017

Trump and the Return to Constitutional Government

President Donald Trump is doing something that has not been seen in the last eight years. He is devolving -- returning -- power from the Executive Branch (the Office of the President), primarily to the Legislative Branch (the Congress). We are s...

July 4, 2017

Trump’s Art of Distraction

Did anyone else notice what happened last week in Washington in just two days? In case you missed it, the following took place in a mere 48 hours… First, the US House of Representatives passed a bill, H.R.1215, also known as the “Prot...

May 27, 2017

Presidential power: Levers and pulleys

Emma Bull once said coincidence is the word we use when we can't see the levers and pulleys.  In the wake of the president's visit abroad, during which we have seen numerous images of pomp and pageantry, three remarkable developments hav...

February 28, 2017

Moonlight and Yul Brynner

What to say about the 2017 Academy Award?  I know – all they have to do is remove a card from an envelope and announce the name written on it.  And yes, I know that many of these folks (especially Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway) have ...

December 23, 2016

Trump's SCOTUS picks: Liberals in conservative clothing?

Those of us who follow politics know the drill.  We see Supreme Court justices, appointed by Republican presidents, who arrive with the promise of bringing a conservative approach to the Court, only to end up voting like liberals.  David So...