Charles Sauer
He stood astride the republic. He had real power. The first time he had it taken away. The second time he gave it away. PRESIDENT OBAMA is not Saul Alinsky or Richard Nixon—aware of how one gets power and uses…
THERE’S BEEN A MURDER IN VIRGINIA. Or a suicide, anyway. In mid-February, Republican governor Bob McDonnell—only a year ago viewed as a possible vice-presidential candidate—publicly self-immolated, causing fatal injuries to both his promising political career and the state Republican Party, which…
Democrats were recently shocked—shocked—to discover Republican plans to change how states allocate their Electoral College votes. Just what is this conspiracy against the republic? Its genesis can be found in the Constitution, which grants the states exclusive control over how…
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled his fiscal year 2014 budget resolution this week. This great conservative policy achievement quickly came under fire from several quarters on the Right, probably unfairly. The House budget is not a retreat…
In four years, the sequester is the only good idea President Obama has shared with the nation. So of course Obama has spent a great deal of time denying his paternity of it. As Bob Woodward points out on page…
