Apologies if you receive this post twice. We’re experiencing technical difficulties. Enjoy the goats. – CTO On this Fourth of July, I joined my daughter… Read More »Reflections on the Fourth of July (resend)
It has become commonplace to repeat the quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: that we had created a republic “if you can keep it.” The prospect… Read More »The 2022 Midterms and Preventing a Coup in 2024
The Senate’s passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill deserves a cautious two cheers, but not three. It deserves one cheer because it addressed important and… Read More »Blog No. 298. Two Cheers for the Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Everyone wants an infrastructure deal, but no one seems to have figured out how to get one. Doing so may be difficult, but it need… Read More »Blog No. 290. Infrastructure: A Possible Path to a Deal
My previous blog described January 6 with its insurrection at the Capitol as a day of infamy. So it was, and the infamy continues. On… Read More »Blog No. 278. Baghdad on the Potomac: Trump’s Legacy and America’s Disgrace
President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a statement released yesterday that pivoted from… Read More »Blog No. 268. Of RBG and the Problem Solvers Caucus
RINOcracy.com will defer comment on the specific ingredients of the sausages being produced by Republicans in the House in the Senate. In the meantime, and… Read More »Special Bulletin. The Republican Tax Bill: An Interim Report From the Sausage Factory
There can be little doubt that the nation is in the grip of a serious opioid epidemic. Overdoses have been reported to be the leading… Read More »Blog No. 149 Politics and the Scourge of Opioids: A Primer
As Amber Phillips put it in the Washington Post, “James B. Comey’s testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee about his conversations with President Trump can… Read More »Blog No. 145. Comey v. Trump: No Decision, But Perhaps a Milestone