Washington Examiner on MSN11d
Democrats are conspicuously silent about changing filibuster rules now that they’re in the minority
The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...
This is a story about the filibuster. You should read it anyway
When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom ...
On This Day: Snow falls in Sahara for 1st known time
On Feb. 18, 1979, snow fell in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria for the first known time. It fell a second time in 2016 ...
CNN22d
This is a story about the filibuster. You should read it anyway
I encourage you to take a quick glance at my book Filibustered!, which lays out the history in the early phases of the Senate. There was no such thing as a filibuster. There was an understanding ...
The New Yorker16d
Briefly Noted
“In Defense of Partisanship,” “Shattered,” “Blob: A Love Story,” and “The Dissenters.” ...
Stephen Harper: The raucous birth of our great flag
The rest, as they say, is history. The national flag — to be clear, the first official national flag of Canada — became law ...
Report Card on Trump’s First ‘100’ Days
Since President Trump has crammed at least 100 days of action into just a few weeks, let’s issue his preliminary 100-day ...