American Republican lobbyist (born 1959)
You’ll have a chance Tuesday to hear Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig discuss “Raging Cronyism” during a noon luncheon at the John Locke Foundation, co-sponsored by Common Cause. Meanwhile, a…
NPR reports that former White House lawyer Greg Craig is off the John Edwards defense team and that “friends” say one reason is that Edwards can’t afford him. Attorney Abbe…
Much of Peter Beinart’s latest piece for TIME offers a fair description of the problems Republicans would face if John McCain wins the presidency but faces a large (perhaps veto-proof)…
Jon Ham at Right Angles and Jeff Taylor at the Meck Deck have already pointed out the soft treatment provided former speaker Jim Black by elected officials and the Raleigh…
You might be surprised to hear that message from a fellow who wrote his first book about the policies and practices on Capitol Hill that led to the Jack Abramoff…
For planning purposes What: John Locke Foundation Headliner Luncheon When: Noon Monday, October 23, 2006 Where: Brownstone Holiday Inn 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC Price: $25 Who: One of the…
The Citizen-Times editorial linked off of Carolina Journal regarding Rep. Charles Taylor is a perfect display of print media’s elitist attitudes.? They open up their fiery attack by barking, “It?s…
If you thought Nancy Pelosi’s boastful “People said, ‘You can’t beat something with nothing,’ “ was the low point of abdicating responsibility, consider this from Meet the Press yesterday, as…
As journalists muse over the possible results of the indictment of N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division Director Jerry Gaskill, Carolina Journal‘s Don Carrington, the bloodhound responsible for shining the…
Has Jack Kemp been in Washington too long? In his Townhall column from Monday, he criticizes think tanks for being afraid to challenge conventional wisdom among their elected allies. It’s…
Though I agree with Roy that government has created a climate by which people like Abramoff will inevitably seek out a way to gain from the system, I take issue…
The Anderson-Jackson article linked by George is a great read. They make several good points but I think this quote captures the essence of the problem: “the Jack Abramoffs of…