The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.-Geo Bernard Shaw In recent days Republicans in the US House of Representatives released the first of what will be a six-part policy platform on energy, climate, and conservation. The strategy was the work of the Energy…

[T]he Democrats are going so far left, they’ve left America. – Ronald Reagan The most powerful Joe in Washington has some decisions to make. No, no, not that Joe. Although he too has some critical choices confronting him. However, it’s a tale best told another day. I’m speaking here about…

Time is not our friend here. We need to agree to what we can agree to, recognize that there are going to be some things some of us think would be really good ideas that are not going to make it in. - Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) Staffers are to…

The Constitution that I interpret and apply is not living but dead, or as I prefer to call it, enduring. It means today not what current society, much less the court, thinks it ought to mean but what it meant when it was adopted. Justice Antonin Scalia Last week a…

It was a mistake that Germany became so heavily dependent on energy imports from Russia. Christian Lindner, German finance minister Could you ever imagine the allied nations buying wheat, fertilizer, or fuel oil from Nazi Germany once battle lines had been crossed? I couldn’t either. …

I’m all for that. Ban it! - Nancy Pelosi Like hundreds of millions of Americans, my heart breaks for Ukraine — and yet it soars at the courage and strength of her people. We are such a divided nation. …

We’re not going to get distracted this time, and the Democratic leadership in both the House and the Senate will see this thing across the goal line. The Senate bill is perhaps the most bold and comprehensive China compet-itiveness legislation that our country has ever passed. Senator Todd C. …

I did not anticipate that there would be such a stalwart effort to make sure that the most important thing was that President Biden didn’t get anything done. President Joe Biden The question everyone in Capital City is asking these days is — has President Biden over-promised and under-delivered? …

Manchin is a lying liar who lies. - Jennifer Taub[i] I dislike making predictions in January about what to expect in October. Although I have my suspicions about what’s lurking out there and getting ready to pounce, the value of year-ahead prognostication is mostly entertainment. Sadly, I’ve lost my sense…