Tag Archives: political

After Chuck Hagel: Why Obama’s next pick for Pentagon chief could determine his foreign policy legacy

11/24/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Poor Defense Secretary Hagel. Hired and fired in just one term. I’m not surprised. When he got the job I warned that he was the wrong pick, because he didn’t have good relations with Congress to sell the president’s unpopular…

Broadcast networks cover Kochs 22 times more than election’s top funder Steyer

10/29/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
The biggest name this midterm election isn’t Barack Obama. It’s liberal billionaire Tom Steyer, the coal king who wants to pretend to be green. Steyer has thrown nearly $74 million at the election in an attempt to tip seven key…

Why the hottest senate race in the country might just be in Alaska

08/12/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
One of the closet and most significant Senate races in the country this year is Alaska’s election for the junior Senate slot presently held by Democrat Mark Begich. Alaska, the forty ninth state admitted to the Union, is our largest…

Inside Putin’s Short-term And Long-term Strategy

03/29/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Just yesterday, Russian President Putin called John Kerry and said that he is now ready to offer a seemingly meaningful response to the American plan for Ukraine. This naturally raises the question of whether Putin is going to soon capitulate…

Intellectual Property Rights Matter

09/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
While the American public’s and the media’s attention has been focused on the seemingly endless cycle of political dramas that unfold every day–the impending fight over the debt ceiling, the potential government shutdown, the debate over the budget deficit and…

A culture of meanness and political opportunism, on both sides, is poisoning Washington

09/19/2013 Published on Foxnews.com
On Monday, as the tragic shooting in the Washington, D.C. Navy Yard was still in the process of unfolding, President Obama gave a partisan speech observing the fifth anniversary of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that the shooting had…

Edward Snowden And The Russian And Chinese Advantage

06/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Another day, another humiliation for the Obama administration. As I argued on my show, Political Insiders, with Pat Caddell and John Leboutiller yesterday, Russia has once again embarrassed the US and President Obama by harboring former NSA contractor Edward Snowden…

Edward Snowden And The Obama Agenda

06/12/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Google’s War On Government Secrecy Kashmir Hill Forbes Staff After NSA Leaks, Senators Re-Introduce Bill To Reduce Patriot Act Secrecy Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff As the world was first introduced to Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old…

Both Political Parties Win With a Practical, Pro-Growth Fiscal Cliff Outcome

12/11/2012 Published on Forbes.com
It goes without saying that a plunge over the so-called “fiscal cliff” would be a true setback for the nation. Indeed, as Democrats and Republicans say that they’re willing to allow for significant tax hikes and program cuts if the…

Our politicians are behaving like addicts

11/28/2012 Published on Foxnews.com
If Congress fails to act before the end of the year, taxes will rise sharply for every American taxpayer. Also, as a consequence of the debt ceiling compromise reached in 2011, modest spending cuts are slated to take effect. Yet,…