Last Monday afternoon, U.S. Rep. Pete Aguilar of California placed the name of Democrat Hakeem Jeffries of New York in nomination for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.Aguilar made the simple statement, “Today, madam clerk, Democrats are united.”That was met with applause.Ironic ...
On Wednesday, a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives nominating Kevin McCarthy for the speakership yet again, tried to spin the matter by reminding people that “democracy is messy.“Democracy is messy by design,” said WisconsinĢƵ Mike Gallagher. “And thatĢƵ a ...
From all those lists of best books of 2022, hereĢƵ one with the potential to change public policy debate and discourse for the better. ItĢƵ “The Myth of American Inequality,” and the three authors are two Ph.D. economists, former Sen. Phil Gramm and his long-ago Texas A&M ...
First, let it be said that football is much safer than it once was.For an example, we need look no further than 1905. That year yielded what one writer has described as “footballĢƵ death harvest.” In the course of 1905, itĢƵ believed that more than 20 college football players sustained ...