Congress: A Lawmaker’s Difficult Task Of Finding The Common Good
Photo: YouTube I don’t remember when it first occurred to me after arriving in Washington many years ago that at…
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Donald Trump: A President Who Doesn’t Believe In Science on Covid-19 and Climate Change
Donald Trump. Photo: Gage Skidmore For decades after WWII, the U.S. stood across the world as a mighty colossus. We…
U.S. Debt: By 2028, we’ll be closing in on $1 trillion in interest payments annually
Former Congressman Hamilton [Op-Ed] Politicians and commentators these days like to point to an array of threats to our constitutional…
Confronted with Struggling POTUS, How To Restore Faith in U.S. — former Rep. Hamilton
President Trump. Photo Gage Skidmore-Flickr [Commentary] There’s no shortage of threats to our democracy. Russian meddling in elections, the vulnerability…
U.S. Politics In The Age Of Donald Trump
Donald Trump This is a very tough time to be a politician — whether running for office or trying to…
Why The U.S. Federal Debt Ceiling Must Be Permanently Abolished
President Obama — managed to get government agencies funded until 2017 You can understand why President Obama and congressional leaders…
Scandalous: How The Current Procedural Rules Guarantee Congressional Paralysis
Rep. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Paul Ryan, Rep. Jim Boehner — the names don’t matter, paralyses assured so long as rules…
Lessons For Next POTUS: Executive Powers, Weak Congress And Media Spin
Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton –should either get elected, former Congressman Hamilton warns against media manipulation Before the ins- and-…
Why Most Young Americans Abhor Politics
Lee Hamilton I spend a fair amount of time talking to students and other young people about Congress and politics…
Shedding Some Dysfunction, Congress Slowly Becoming More Effective
Lee Hamilton [Commentary] There have been encouraging signs on Capitol Hill of late that Congress’s long slide into irrelevance may…
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