OPINION: On July 23, 1903, Henry Ford, down to his last couple of hundred dollars, sold his first Model A to Ernest Pfenning, a Chicago dentist. Perhaps not coincidentally, exactly one year later on that same day, the first ice cream cone appeared. Althou... See more
OPINION: It is not easy being a Republican. Lots of times, the party’s elected officials seem to lose track of the narrative, of what they should favor and what they should oppose. For instance, the Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee v... See more
OPINION: The great Jack Kemp once said that during their first terms in office, when using the word “we,” members of Congress meant “the folks and me back home,” but by their third terms, “we” meant “the other members of Congress and me.” I thought about ... See more
OPINION: The Office of Management and Budget proposed a rule a few weeks back that would change the way federal research funding is awarded, managed and terminated. The proposed changes give presidential appointees the authority to restrict collaboration ... See more
OPINION: Without a doubt, the single most patriotic enterprise undertaken in recent memory by an American corporation was CBS’s excellent “Bicentennial Minutes,” which aired once each night (in primetime) from July 4, 1974, to Dec. 31, 1976. Each minute f... See more
