Liberty
Urging Republicans not to nuke the filibuster
Fred Bauer writes for National Review Online about a bad idea circulating on Capitol Hill. Over the past day or so, the so-called nuclear option for the legislative filibuster has…
Angus King
American politician and lawyer (born 1944)
Liberty
Stephanopoulos returns to flack mode in shutdown interview
Meghan Blonder writes for the Washington Free Beacon about a high-profile legacy media figure carrying water for congressional Democrats. Good Morning America cohost and former Clinton White House official George Stephanopoulos parroted Democratic…
Liberty
Biden Stuck Between Two Wings of Democratic Party
James Antle of the Washington Examiner reports on a difficult predicament for President Biden. President Joe Biden has found himself stuck in the middle of the Democratic Party on environmental…
Liberty
Government Officials Used Twitter to Target Opponents
Heather Hunter writes for the Washington Examiner about government misuse of Twitter. Independent journalist Matt Taibbi released another batch of “Twitter Files” Saturday night using a series of tweets to…
Regulation
Left-of-center forces fight over $15 minimum wage
Seth McLaughlin writes for the Washington Times over a political battle brewing on the political left over a key government mandate. Far-left activists are furious with the “corporate Democrats” that…
Elections & Public Integrity
The GOP’s control of Congress explored
John Kimelman‘s cover story in the latest Barron’s focuses on a key political question for November. With so much attention being given to the presidential race this year, it’s easy…
Regulation
Restoring financial rules for no good reason
Some pundits have argued that the federal government should restore so-called “Glass-Steagall” rules to prevent another American financial crisis. C. Wallace DeWitt explains in a Federalist column why reinstatement of…
Elections & Public Integrity
Kudlow is optimistic about a new ‘conservative revolution’
Larry Kudlow‘s latest column at Human Events represents the most optimistic assessment you’re likely to find about the Republicans’ opportunities after next week’s election. The idea that nothing much will…
Elections & Public Integrity
Gizzi likes the GOP’s chances for a U.S. Senate takeover
Former John Locke Foundation Headliner John Gizzi of Human Events reports that the latest numbers suggest good news for Republicans seeking to capture control of the U.S. Senate. When Human…
Liberty
Smart Growth marches on
GOVERNORS AND GROWTH Decisions about how and where to grow communities are the prerogative of states and localities. But not surprisingly, the federal government has a very real interest in…