One of the longstanding concerns with the debate over health insurance is that those who work on the issue sometimes think of themselves as priests and priestesses of a religion. Published April 7, 2021
The current craze among the cool crowd is making sure that corporations commit to certain environmental, social and governance criteria. Published April 3, 2021
This weekend, the world's two and half billion Christians will celebrate the torture, execution and resurrection of an obscure Jewish carpenter. Published March 31, 2021
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once noted: "If history has taught anything, it's that weakness is provocative. It entices people into doing things that they otherwise would not do." Published March 27, 2021
Have you ever heard of Tim Kraft? John White? Hamilton Jordan? How about Robert Mosbacher? Rich Bond? Bob Teeter? Published March 24, 2021
Senate rules exist to protect both the institution and individual senators. They do not exist to protect voters. The filibuster is no exception. Published March 20, 2021
The Biden administration has pegged much of its environmental agenda on electricity being generated almost exclusively by wind, solar, nuclear and other carbon dioxide-free sources by 2035. Published March 17, 2021
Religion is divisive. That was the sum of a Twitter comment to a news story that President Biden, like a billion or so of his fellow Catholics, had gone to Mass recently. Published March 14, 2021
It turns out that the royal family of our previous rulers is having some troubles. Published March 10, 2021
In the likely event that Donald Trump decides to forego running again, the party will need someone who can capture his best traits and avoid his worst ones. Published March 5, 2021
Like many things tried by the federal government, the Affordable Care Act has been a failure. Published March 3, 2021
The recent blackouts in Texas killed at least 80 people, left millions of ratepayers at substantial financial risk, and damaged thousands of companies and small businesses. Published February 27, 2021
The Republicans are learning quickly how to be in the minority in Congress, and that's good news. Published February 24, 2021
One of the most important issues of our competition with the Chinese Communist Party is its theft of intellectual property from leading universities and research institutions in the United States. Published February 19, 2021
The intramural tussle between Republicans is not going to be settled by pundits or party platforms or people who write columns. It is going to be settled by candidates and voters and elections. Published February 17, 2021
On Monday, we celebrate George Washington's birthday, as we have for almost 200 years. Published February 14, 2021
Those of us fortunate enough to be educated in Catholic schools were glad to be so. Published February 10, 2021
House Democrats, joined by about a dozen unthinking Republicans, on Thursday voted to do away with the committee system and change the way the House of Representatives has operated since its inception. Published February 5, 2021
On Friday, we commemorate the first anniversary of President Trump's acquittal in his first impeachment trial, even as we look forward to the second trial. Published February 3, 2021
As the rough beast of federal "stimulus" legislation slouches toward reconciliation to be born, it is worth noting that the economy doesn't really need any stimulus. Published January 30, 2021
