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Will Tax Cuts Help Republicans in 2018? Dec. 24, 2017
Mitch McConnell thinks the tax bill passed by Congress will put a strong wind into his party's sails... Read More
Republicans Bet the Farm Dec. 22, 2017
President Trump, every Republican senator, and the GOP majority in Speaker Paul Ryan's House just pu... Read More
Trump's Speeding Tax Bill Throws Fairness Off the Tracks Dec. 22, 2017
You know the speeding train that tragically jumped the track over an interstate on its inaugural run... Read More
A Puny Tax Reform Built on Broken Promises Dec. 21, 2017
Modern politics is a steady process of lowering standards, eroding norms and peddling fictions. The ... Read More
Not the Art of the Deal Sep. 15, 2017
Who the heck knows what's going to happen to the "dreamers," immigrants who came illegally to the U.... Read More
Trump Makes 'Friends' Outside GOP Sep. 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Meet President Donald Trump's new best friends. He calls them "Chuck and Nancy," ... Read More
Trump Dumps the Do-Nothing Congress Sep. 08, 2017
Donald Trump is president today because he was seen as a doer not a talker. Among the most common co... Read More
Use Bipartisan Opening to Protect Dreamers Sep. 08, 2017
President Donald Trump's decision this week to remove protection for 800,000 immigrants who came her... Read More
A Winning Strategy to Repeal Obamacare Jul. 19, 2017
When President Ronald Reagan was asked why he settled for a 5 percent tax cut in 1981, half what he ... Read More
Once Washington Gives a Program Life, It's Hard to Kill Jul. 19, 2017
WASHINGTON — Has America reached the point where, once Washington has expanded a program, not ... Read More
The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid Jun. 25, 2017
When economists talk in their sleep, they say, "There is no such thing as a free lunch." This axiom ... Read More
Dropping the BAT Is Key to Passing Tax Reform This Year Jun. 22, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan just made his pitch to the country about tax reform. He wants it, and he wan... Read More
Trump Should Call Dem Bluff on Health Care Jun. 21, 2017
Now that the Senate Republicans are nearing consensus on a health care bill to repeal and replace Ob... Read More
Thinking About Incitement Jun. 15, 2017
"He was hunting us." Those were the words of Republican Congressman Mike Bishop describing the depra... Read More
Can Americans Be Happy Again? Jun. 01, 2017
America is not a very happy place, and it is getting less so. Our downward trend in happiness preced... Read More
When Beating Up the Press Gets Physical May. 26, 2017
By the time this column appears, the voters of Montana will have decided the fate of GOP candidate G... Read More
Improved Health Bill May. 10, 2017
The House repealed Obamacare! OK, they didn't really — but they passed a bill that repeals so... Read More
Public Has a Right to See Trump Ad May. 10, 2017
Television stations around the country are running an ad claiming the Obamacare repeal bill passed i... Read More
Donald Trump's Death Panels May. 08, 2017
The real death panels are coming. Back in 2009, during the shrill hours of debate over the Affordabl... Read More
