First, I have to give HuffPo credit.  I exchanged e-mail with Sam Stein shortly before walking out the door to lunch, and before I had finished my brisket at Capitol Q (just six blocks from my office) my e-mail started buzzing with questions/comments about this post.  They work fast.
As for the content, let me expand [...]

I have argued for some time now that the Republican Party was coming to a point of conflict between the factions that comprise her.
In one corner we have the libertarian wing - the get government off my back and out of my life crowd. They want nothing more than an exceedingly limited federal government with [...]

Thompson’s post on RedState, in response to a Ponnuru post attacking two of his votes, is right on the money.
The first case involves the issue of “preemption.” Congress routinely passes laws and resulting regulations which are in conflict with state laws and regulations. These federal laws do not state whether or not they are intended to [...]

During a meeting yesterday, conversation turned to politics and specifically to the Republican field. In the course of the discussion, I was asked my thoughts on Fred Thompson. Honestly, I replied, I haven’t spent much time thinking about Thompson.
Unlike a lot of people who see Thompson as the Law & Order guy, I always tend [...]

There is a reason that Congress is tasked with ratifying treaties while the President, via the State Department, is responsible for negotiating them.  The simple fact is not every Tom, Dick, and Harry should be a diplomat.  Nancy Pelosi proved that with her recent trip to Syria. 
Today the Washington Post called her out on this [...]