After spending Christmas with the parents in Dolores, Colorado (sans my brother Sam due to Air Force obligations), Leah and ...Read More
Forgot to post this when it came out a few weeks ago. But I'm very excited about this: my byline on a Washington Post story. Carol Leonnig at the Post has been a pleasure to work with... here tis: Two former ...Read More
I miss Leah. She'll be in DC March 11-22. Read More
Even free-market thinker Adam Smith thought the financial system needed to be regulated strongly by government, lest it bring the whole economy down... from Book II, Chapter II, of An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of ...Read More
The conclusion of The United States at War: Development and Administration of the War Program by the Federal Government by the Committee on Records of the War Administration, submitted to President Harry Truman on June 16, 1946: The record dispels the ...Read More
On Monday, Rep. John Murtha passed away, due to what is reported to be a medical mistake during his gallbladder surgery last week. As recounted here, Murtha worked with former Rep. Charlie Wilson of Texas to arm the mujahedeen -- essentially through ...Read More
Over at the Center for Public Integrity's site, you can read what I wrote on the passing of Rep. John P. "Jack" Murtha (D-Penn.), chairman of the powerful House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. I focused on his role as the "King ...Read More
After spending Christmas with the parents in Dolores, Colorado (sans my brother Sam due to Air Force obligations), Leah and I went on an epic road trip out to California, up the Pacific Coast Highway between L.A. and San Francisco, ...Read More
This post will be a place where I will occasionally adjust, delete and add to central themes I believe will be the focus of this site. I hope to elaborate on most of these, especially those more serious themes. More seriously: Journalism. National ...Read More
Whether you ended up here on purpose or by serendipity, thanks for showing up. You may ask, why does this website exist? It exists as a place for me to note some of my work, be it through my job ...Read More