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Pagan Politics in Post-Christian America Feb. 15, 2019
In 2016, I dissented. I said that, even though I had been an elected Republican, I could not support... Read More
AOC Is No Outlier Feb. 15, 2019
The main problem in American politics is not the obvious polarization but the underlying reasons for... Read More
Radical Rollbacks of Payday Lending Rules Make Exploiting the Poor Easier Feb. 15, 2019
The time has come to consider an official name change for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau t... Read More
Green New Deal a Bad Deal for Freedom Feb. 15, 2019
That otherwise serious lawmakers are embracing the fantastical Green New Deal offered by the painful... Read More
It Never Works, Yet Trump Is Once Again Trying to Bomb Toward Peace Feb. 15, 2019
George Carlin said, "Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." Given the timing, I assume ... Read More
The Virginia Blackface Follies Feb. 14, 2019
The "blackface scandal" proved beneficial for two things. It displaced the frenzy over Democratic Vi... Read More
Trump Can't Win in 2020, But Democrats Could Lose Feb. 14, 2019
If the 2020 election were simply a question of whether voters want President Donald Trump to serve a... Read More
Love of Country Feb. 14, 2019
In the next few days, we will celebrate both Valentine's Day and Presidents Day. These holidays brin... Read More
Trump's Bump: Huge Gain After State of the Union Speech Feb. 14, 2019
Now that polls are filtering in after President Donald Trump's triumphal State of the Union speech, ... Read More
A Bountiful Harvest Takes Work Feb. 13, 2019
Campaigns end on Election Day. Movements don't. Voting day is a time stamp for measuring our progres... Read More
Whistling Past the 'Green New Deal' Feb. 13, 2019
A bold new crew of radicals swept into Congress to remake environmental policies, and the news media... Read More
Russian Hostile Meddling Backfires in Northern Europe Feb. 13, 2019
On Feb. 11, Norway's intelligence agency severely criticized Russian jamming of GPS signals. The Nor... Read More
Antisocial Socialism Feb. 12, 2019
The quest to make sense of America's present political situation goes on ... and on ... and on ... a... Read More
A Surprise Virtual Visit From the President Feb. 12, 2019
WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — No sitting president has ever visited here before. So it was a pretty... Read More
Will 2020 Be a Repeat of 1972? Feb. 11, 2019
As George Santayana wrote, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." While it... Read More
Proof Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Wrong for America Feb. 10, 2019
I knew Mike Root. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is no Mike Root. My uncle Mike Root died a few days ... Read More
Virginia Unreal Feb. 09, 2019
Politics is not brain surgery; it's not that complicated. Politics is about addition, not subtractio... Read More
The Green Raw Deal Feb. 08, 2019
Democrats in the House of Representatives have rolled out what they are calling a "Green New Deal." ... Read More
End the Foot-Dragging on Trump's Nominees Feb. 08, 2019
A president should have the team around him of his choosing to help run the government. But as Presi... Read More
'I Ask You to Choose Greatness' Feb. 07, 2019
This Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered the State of the Union address. It was optimist... Read More
