Category Archives: Blogs

Why Have Hearings?   The Senate is tasked with giving "advice and consent" regarding presidential appointees, like members of the Cabinet. Yesterday, the first in a series of committee hearings o...

Another Bad Sign   I'm sorry for repeating myself, but sometimes it seems Republicans just can't get out of their own way. Lately, I've pointed at Congress for that. But now we hear that even whe...

Reacting to the Unexpected   The devastating fires in California and the loss sustained by citizens is bad enough; what we have seen from elected officials there-not only in response, but actions...

Back to Educational Basics   We talked about this on KXEL Live & Local yesterday, but some of these findings deserve further conversation. Parents Defending Education commissioned a poll from...

Expectations Donald Trump takes the oath of office as president for the second time in just 11 days. Supporters have high hopes for what a second Trump term means for the country, in particular with r...

A Deep Breath and Caution   It's not surprising given our divided political culture and the immediacy-and inaccuracy-of social media. The least little comment can quickly be blown up into a breat...

Fully Official   In a smooth process despite a raging blizzard outside, the U.S. Congress yesterday went through extensive pomp and circumstance and formality, and confirmed that Donald Trump and...

First Ballot-Finally   It looked like history was going to repeat itself Friday afternoon as the U.S. House began the new Congress with a traditional and required first item of business: electing...

Trusting Workers   There's been some noise made the last few months about the number of federal workers who started working from home during COVID and are fighting to not return to the very expen...

President Grassley   You heard me right...and depending on how badly Republicans in the U.S. House handle things starting when they convene tomorrow, it could happen.   Fox News' superb seni...