Reading Time: 2 minutesNow you know. You can stop doubting. You have more than hope. The Obama administration spied on Donald Trump and his campaign and transition teams. There is no longer any doubt. The questions that remain are: Who ordered and authorized the illegal wiretaps? Who illegally received and disseminated the intelligence? What did Obama know? It’s […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesThink about the sun, Pippin Think about her golden glance How she lights the world up Well, now it’s your chance With the guardian of splendor Inviting you to dance Pippin Think about the sun —Finale, Pippin by Stephen Schwarz We were standing near the glass doors at the back of the theatre waiting for the […]
Supporters of Major League Soccer are trying to bully vulnerable St. Louis voters into raising regressive sales taxes to help them leverage their investment in a new stadium. The City has more pressing needs. Voters should stay tough, stand tall, refuse to be bullied, and vote No on Propositions 1 and 2.
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve changed my mind on priority. Instead of going to tax reform next, President Trump should work on that big-league infrastructure bill. Now. Fast. President Trump needs a big win because power is in perception. He also needs to put Democrats in a bind. Plus, he needs to prove he can pass big legislation without […]
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis is for my conservative friends who are celebrating the healthcare bill’s demise. You’ll want to read it all. Let’s begin with a little story about a crossing guard. Imagine you are standing at a dangerous intersection now. Cars whizzing by nonstop in all 4 directions. You feel powerless and frustrated. There are no structural safeguards, […]
When everybody is supposed to go to college, what happens to college standards? Chester Finn seems quite surprised to understand the cause and effect of the Common Core State […]
Reading Time: 3 minutesWithout power, principles are platitudes. Consider this a favor to the Freedom Caucusers. Those folks can’t see past the end of their own principles. Knowing the Freedom Caucus people pretty well, I know they’re very happy with Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court. I know they’d be very miserable if Gorsuch were rejected and Trump had […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesI feel drunk but I’m sober, I’m young and I’m underpaid I’m tired but I’m working, yeah I care but I’m restless, I’m here but I’m really gone I’m wrong and I’m sorry baby —Alanis Morissette, One Hand In My Pocket If your biggest problem involves choosing between multiple appealing jobs, everything else will seem […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesOverexposure to antibiotics and antibacterial soaps and lotions makes bacteria stronger. They adapt. That same thing happened to Obamacare over the years. It’s now untouchable. Obamacare survived the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts. So it was born in a toxic environment. Then, Obamacare survived two Supreme Court rulings, each time by a single vote […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday, I placed blame for the healthcare debacle at Speaker Ryan’s feet. I also wrote that I expected the Republican establishment to blame the tea party. To blame us for aborting the Trump presidency in his first 100 days. Today, I’m going to beat the establishment to that punch a little. Because the Freedom Caucus […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesGeneral George S. Patton arrived in North Africa with a single mission: lead the Allied forces to victory over the Hun. But Patton’s assignment was also in response to a miserable and deadly failure of leadership. The failed leadership of General Lloyd Fredendall. Fredendall was a Francophobe and an Anglophobe ill-suited to wage coalition warfare; […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesPresident Trump is teaching the world a huge lesson. That valuable lesson goes something like this: Don’t be needy. Jim Camp is a world-famous negotiation coach. Jim has led some enormous negotiations: labor disputes, huge multi-national buys, and mergers. This is is what Jim says about neediness in his book Start With No: It is absolutely […]
Reading Time: 1 minutesToday, President Trump changed the game. He changed the Prisoner’s Dilemma (coordination) into a game of Chicken (competition). Lifer Republicans have no experience with games of chicken. They were raised on coordination games. By changing the game to Chicken, Donald Trump greatly increased the chances that phony Paul Ryan’s healthcare will PASS. Here’s why briefly. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday, I established an end: great health care that ordinary people can afford. You remember I talked about John Braddock’s explanation of strategy: choose the end and work backward. Then forword. And Braddock’s first step after choosing an end: what comes immediately before. That’s where we are today. A few weeks back, I wrote several […]