February 6, 2020 What is campaign finance reform? Last week, the online news site Axios broke the story that a new “independent expenditure group” will pour money into Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race to…
January 23, 2020 A decade of eroding democracy Imagine for a moment that you just arrived on the shores of America with no prior knowledge of our politics, except that we purport to…
September 19, 2019 Appreciation for our constitution Published on Winchester Sun, September 19, 2019 Did you know that this is Constitution Week in the U.S.? Enacted by President Eisenhower in 1956, Constitution…
September 5, 2019 Appreciating Labor Day Published on Winchester Sun, by September 5, 2019 I am writing this column Monday, Sept. 2, which is Labor Day. Today marks a holiday evocative of…
August 8, 2019 The column I never wanted to write Published on Winchester Sun, August 8, 2019 As I write this, we are all trying to make sense of not one but two more mass shootings…
July 25, 2019 Random observations from a week in New York Published on Winchester Sun, by July 25, 2019 I recently spent a week in the heart of New York City — mid-town Manhattan — for some…
July 18, 2019 What is patriotism? Published on Winchester Sun, by July 18, 2019 We recently celebrated the 243rd anniversary of our nation’s founding. And like many Americans, my wife and…
June 27, 2019 If I could reform elections Published on Winchester Sun, June 27, 2019 As I write this, NBC is gearing up this week to televise the Democratic presidential debates, a two-night extravaganza featuring…
