Realignment Likely To Continue

A Democrat, Lamb, won the 18th Congressional District that went to Trump by almost 20 percentage points in 2016 by a fraction of a percent i...

Overcoming Rot

The United States of America does not want for the raw materials of prosperity and a just society. We have many, many million decent people....

An Obamacare Critic's Concerns Considered

A friend of mine reports this exchange on the Facebook page of her Congressman (emphasis mine): So today, as I often do, I posted a pointed...

Government Reopened

The federal government is reopened. The deal involves a three week continuing resolution in exchange for six years of CHIP (children's ...

White Women Shift Dramatically From GOP To Democratic Party

In the Presidential election in 2016, white women (who made up 36% of all voters in 2016) preferred Trump over Clinton by 9 percentage point...

Our Nation's Eroding Credit

For decades, economists used the interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds as the operational definition of a risk free return for investors in ...

Now Is The Time To End Federal Marijuana Prohibition

In the wake of Attorney General Jeff Sessions' action yesterday to rescind a national policy of federal toleration of marijuana when it ...

Does The Law Of Gravity Still Apply?

One of the most stunning features of politics over the last year in the United States has been the indifference of Congress and the Presiden...

H.R. 1 Final Text As Signed

The final text of H.R. 1 as signed by the President today is available here . The Congressional Budget Office score for the Bill is here . A...

H.R. 1 In A Nutshell

A 51 page summary from the Joint Committee On Taxation summarizes the most significant provisions of the House and Senate Amendment version...

H.R. 1 Is Budget Busting And Handles Corporate Taxation Badly

While no 497 page tax bill is completely devoid of good ideas, on the whole, both the House and Senate versions of H.R. 1 which are now bein...

UK v. US Legislative Productivity

The parliament in the U.K. passes something on the order of 30 to 40 statutes in a two year session.  In the 1970s, it was closer to ca. 80 ...

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (H.R. 1): The Estate Tax Provisions

House Republicans have released the  full text of their tax bill , a  good summary  of which is available at the Tax Foundation. In the area...

Mueller And The Rule of Law

Former FBI Director Mueller indicted President Trump's former campaign director and one of his main deputies for illegal ties to Russia...