Via Hotair, yesterday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference to discuss the continuing presence of US troops in Afghanistan. I think two things are noteworthy. First, although I very much disagree with her views, I have to admit that she has obviously been studying up on the issue. In fact, I can say [...]

Res ipsa loquitur.

This week the House of Representative passed the largest piece of spending legislation in the history of mankind, and did so without any committee hearings and with about an hour of floor debate. There is something fundamentally wrong here. First of all, I’m not a Keynesian. I don’t believe that government spending spurs economic growth. [...]