
Brian McNicoll
You won’t find many railroad executives running afoul of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act, or at least not the provision that requires they accurately report earnings. In the railroad industry, accurate financial information is essential to survival. Make too much money, and…
Mikheil Saakashvili says if Georgia doesn’t overthrow its pro-Russia government in 100 days, the country no longer will exist. He says it is in the interest of Ukraine that the “pro-Russian government of Georgia” be removed and that the world…
With all those trillions floating around for pandemic relief, some potential recipients of federal funding were bound to try to game the system in their favor. But the U.S. Postal Service? Indeed, it seems as if the Postal Service is…
All kinds of special interests have come hat in hand to Washington as Congress attempts to assemble still another coronavirus economic relief package. But one that can’t be allowed to succeed again is the wind and solar production tax credits….
One day, America will be more or less back to normal. We’ll be back in work and school. Sports will resume, and the economy will grow again. But in some ways, we will be changed forever. One of those is…
From the start, the whole objective of the F-35 fighter jet program was to reduce costs. We would build one plane the Navy, Air Force, and Army all could use. We would market the plane to our allies to promote…
Postmaster General Megan Brennan is set to step down, and her successor will face the daunting task of turning around the U.S. Postal Service’s finances. But the task became a little easier last month when President Trump’s top trade negotiator…
For now, the party of science knows it has to back off on its Green New Deal. The 57-0 drubbing it took in a Senate vote in late March — with 43 abstentions from Democrats trying to elude an obvious…
It seems an easy enough case to make. Patrick Shanahan, acting secretary of defense, came to the Pentagon from Boeing, where he worked on commercial planes, military helicopters and missile defense systems. President Trump is said to favor him in…
When President Trump talked on the campaign trail about reducing regulations, Washington yawned. Presidents, especially Republicans, were always promising this and never delivering. But 2018 saw fewer regulations initiated and fewer pages added to the Federal Register than any year…