To The Victor Go The Responsibilities…

The political world could look like a very different place tomorrow morning, if all the predictions come to pass. Or it could look like the same old power-mongering, I-want-mine, gridlocked morass that has brought us to this place. Whether this is heaven or this is hell is going to depend largely on how the Republicans [...]

The Campaign Trail Is No Place for Sissies or Non-believers

To run for political office you need to believe in "something"…yourself, your principles, perhaps even your party. In this current environment, you also need the skin of an alligator, the endurance of an athlete, and a will of iron. All those things were on display during the time I spent with Pat Toomey and his [...]

Pennsylvania and the Second Amendment

My second column for the news and information site, The Daily Caller, has been posted. “Greetings from the land of guns and religion” is a somewhat tongue-in-cheek look at the recent SCOTUS McDonald v. City of Chicago ruling of last week. The court’s sweeping decision to uphold the right to keep and bear arms really [...]

The Woman Effect…from Kagan to Palin on The Daily Caller

For a writer it’s all about having a voice; most of us write because we want to engage in the collective dialog, especially those of us who write columns and commentary. Today, the people with whom I can have a conversation just increased exponentially: My first opinion piece has been published on The Daily Caller. [...]