04/22/19 Filed in:
Political System | TaxesIt's time to bin the endless investigations of the Trump campaign/administration and unite behind the GOP tax cuts. Read More...Tags: wind and solar power, Illegal immigration, fiscal problem, Victor David Hanson, Identity politics, Mueller report, Robert Mueller, FBI investigation, William Barr , collusion in Russian interference, Obstruction of justice, burden of proof, Hogan Gidley, investigate the investigators, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, roadmap for impeachment, Senate Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee, Full (unredacted) report subpoena, Salena Zito, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, TurboTax, New York Times, Washington Post
03/11/19 Filed in:
Political System For voters who would favor less partisan strife in DC, don’t hold your breath because the Democratic game plan ensures it’s not going to happen. Read More...Tags: President Donald Trump, James Comey, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Alan Deshowitz, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Elijah Cummings, Rep. Richard Neal, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, joe DiGenova, Green New Deal, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Mitch McConnell , Medicare for all, For the People Act, voter ID, early voting, absentee ballots, same day voting, border security , government shutdown, Declaraton of national emergency, Resolution of disapproval
12/17/18 Filed in:
Political System SAFE proposed four relatively modest goals for the closing weeks of the 115th Congress; guess how many of them will be achieved this year. Read More...Tags: unified Republican government, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, President Donald Trump, repeal and replace GovCare, Sen. John McCain, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Bipartisan Budget Act, Joint Select Committe re budget process, debt limit, Sen. David Perdue, farm bill, governmment shutdown, border wall funding, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, NAFTA, USMCA, Sen. Pat Toomey, Thomas Donohue, Robert Mueller, James Comey, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy
11/12/18 Filed in:
Political SystemSAFE to DC: Between now and 12/31, please focus on budget process reform, FY 2019 appropriation bills, approval of USMCA, and disclosure of how/why the Trump campaign investigation was started.
Read More...Tags: early voting, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Rep. Steve Womack, debt limit, border wall funding, President Donald Trump, amnesty, DACA , Supreme Court, 9th Circuit, NAFTA, USMCA, Mueller probe, Jeff Sessions, Andrew Whittaker, Sen. Chris Coons, James Comey, Clinton campaign, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rod Rosenstein, Rep. Devin Nunes, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Trey Gowdy
08/06/18 Filed in:
Political SystemThe national political climate is disturbing, and critics blame the president. Trump's supporters should abandon him, they say, without acknowledging that their side may also be at fault. Read More...Tags: representative democracy theory, President Donald Trump, Violence in Portland, ICE, Jim Acosta, Ted Kaufman, Edmund Burke, good Republicans, Trans-Pacific Partnership, China, tax cut , deficits, wasteful spending, Russia , Vladimir Putin, meddling in US elections, Helsinki summit, one on-one meeting, Russian support against Iran, Trump tough on Ruissia, administration successes, Ruth Marcus, Robert Mueller, rule of law, Paul Manafort, James Comey, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Rod Rosenstein, mid-term outlook, president's "lose the House" strategy, swing electoral districts, president's approval ratings, immigration, border wall funding, shutdown threat, appropriation bills, healthcare
07/02/18 Filed in:
Political SystemRobust political debate is great, but underhanded tactics and vicious personal attacks are dangerous. Never mind who threw the first stone, our political leaders should get back to the issues. Read More...Tags: 2116 presidential election, President Donald Trump, James Comey, Robert Mueller, Rod Rosenstein, Heraclitus, Illegal immigration, family separations, FBI Trump-Russia investigation, Hillary Clinton, IG report, Michael Horowitz, Christopher Wray, Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Trey Gowdy, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kristjen Nielsen, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, "families belong together", "abolish ICE"
05/07/18 Filed in:
Political SystemPartisan bickering and worse drives out thoughtful debate, promoting stalemate or poor policy choices. Our political leaders need to do much better, both in DC and Delaware.
Read More...Tags: advice for attorneys, SAFE board meeting, deficits and debt, tax cut bill, Sen. Ted Cruz, Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Balanced Budget Amendment, line item veto, Convention of States , appropriation bills, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Sen. James Lankford, Mueller probe, Professor Alan Dershowitz, Russian collusion, Michael Cohen, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, James Comey, Jerome Corsi, Cicero, Scott Pruitt, Sen. Tom Carper, Parkland Florida shooting, Delaware gun control legislation, Governor John Carney, Sen. Chris Coons, Appoquinimink School District, News Journal, offshore wind power, healthcare benchmarking proposal, DHSS Secretary Cara Odom Walker, Wyane Smith, Delaware hospitals
08/14/17 Filed in:
Political SystemThe president was elected with a change agenda, but the establishment isn’t cooperating. Time for a COS? Read More...Tags: Convention of States project, President Donald Trump, deficit spending, regulatory bloat, Congressional Review Act, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Sen. Susan Collins, K Steet lobbyists, Veteran's Administration, John Koskinen, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, GovCare, Special Counsel Robert Meuller, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, James Comey, Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, David Rivkin, simulated COS, Balanced Budget Amendment, debt limit amendment, Congressional term limits, Jerry Martin, Ken Quinn, Conservative Caucus of Delaware
01/23/17 Filed in:
Political System“There’s a new sheriff in town,” and the inaugural address suggests big changes are on the way. Read More...Tags: Donald Trump, Oprah Winfrey Show , Art of the Deal, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, Aniti-Trump demonstrations, Women's March, Kellyanne Conway, Jill Stein, James Comey, Russian cybersecurity activity, Rep. John Lewis , Trump tweets, Barack Obama, Inaugural address, Pollster John Zogby