There was an election and “we” won. President Biden and his administration is laser focused on solving the Covid crisis. I think this is the proper approach to our present predicament. The pandemic has upended our society. We work differently. We educate our kids differently. We interact in our…

As I read the Sunday paper, I am reminded of the trial scene in Duck Soup. Firefly: “Gentlemen…Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you…He really is an idiot”. Or maybe the state room scene in a Night at the…

A shout out to a Successful Nanny State Living in Maine these days is like attending a six-year old’s birthday party. Along with the usual chaos, there is a small group of truly obnoxious brats having a temper tantrum over in the corner, screaming that they want their ice cream…

I have been thinking about how, exactly, will both candidates conduct themselves in the general election this autumn. The more I thought about possible options for Biden, the more excited I got about those possibilities. Here are a few suggestions for Joe or his campaign manager. 1) Get out of…

Gross Domestic Product — that’s what we call the barometer of our economy. Kind of a weird moniker if you ask me. Lately, I have been thinking about wealth disparity, happiness and the government. My libertarian friends want to unleash the economic potential of every American by removing the…

I blame Newt Gingrich. The Hastert Rule was not named for Newt, but he ran the House with the rule in place. The hard ball, bomb throwing Speaker of the House drove the entire Congress — House & Senate — into the “majority of the majority” way of managing legislative…

What do I want in a candidate? I want authenticity, a strong work ethic, a scandal free past and a Progressive vision for the country. I think Amy Klobuchar fits that profile. We have two competing desires when we choose a candidate in this political year. Policy and electability. …

Could you think of one? Was your response “The Green New Deal”? I ask this because I want to point out how the Trump Derangement Syndrome is distorting our democracy. But first, let’s discuss the Green New Deal. This was not and never has been a bill. It was a…

I read your address to the Notre Dame Law School given on October 11th of this year and also your article in the Catholic Lawyer titled “Legal Issues in a New Political Order”. I would like to address some of the assumptions and premises you articulated in presenting your point…