February 26, 2013

Eliminating the Deficit, Liberal Style

A wise man told me once that when any tax-levying entity operates at a deficit, the possible causes number precisely two: Either it is taxing too little for how much it wants to spend, or it is spending too much for how much it wants to tax. It has e...

May 4, 2012

Playing Out Our Absurd National Debates at the Local Level: The Case of Fracking

I originally sought election to the school board of the community where I live for many reasons.  I grew up there, I spent my entire public school career in the district, and I care a great deal about its future.  I also have four young chi...

June 11, 2011

The 'Other' Ryan Plan

A funny thing happened on the way to saving Western civilization ... it could all come down to Paul Ryan.  Until Anthony Weiner's bizarre story came to light, there was surely no Washington politician more in the news than the Wisconsin Congress...

April 1, 2011

U.S. Intervention in Libya and the Hypocrites

To date, we've certainly seen the expected litany of reactions to the U.S. intervention in Libya. But there has also emerged a new category which displays such a blatantly stratospheric level of wanton hypocrisy that it strains the very term. Looking...

March 22, 2011

Where Have All the Cold Warriors Gone?

In 1990, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, when the foundations that had undergirded world politics for decades were crumbling, John Mearsheimer penned his celebrated article: "Why We Will Soon Miss the Cold War."  In the years...