Tom Del Beccaro’s Latest Columns
The Democrats Have Coveted The Supreme Court For 80 Years
My latest in the Washington Examiner . . . In politics, you fight over what matters. The more something matters, the bigger the fight. Since President Franklin Roosevelt in the 1930s, the Supreme Court has mattered — today more than ever. For the first 150 years of our nation’s existence, … 0 0
On Kavanaugh and What Republicans should do before the Midterms by Thomas Del Beccaro
On Kavanaugh and What Republicans should do before the Midterms 1. Why Kavanaugh not Gorsuch? Gorsuch replaced the conservative Scalia. When the conservative Judge Clarence Thomas was proposed to replace the liberal Thurgood Marshall, there was an awful, divisive fight in 1991. Prior to that, in 1987, when President Reagan … 0 0
Pictures v. Numbers: Why The Trump SOTU Was So Well Crafted
You can judge the effectiveness of speech by the actions of a President’s adversaries. Last night, the Democrats painted a sour picture on national TV in response to Trump State of the Union. Why would they do that? Trump turned the tables on them. Once again the Left was expecting … 0 0
Brown Says He Wants To Get Something Done – Too Bad It Will Hurt The Poor
The headline reads: Leaving Europe, Brown says he’s talked enough, wants to ‘get something done’ Of course, the something done refers to Climate Change. The problem is that everything Jerry Brown proposes to do won’t make much of a Climate Change difference and will further hurt California’s poor. Read Tom … 0 0
A Teaching Moment: California’s High Pot Taxes
Do higher tax rates affect human behavior? As the nation considers tax reform, according to a report, taxes on pot in California could reach as high as 45% for the consumer. Combined with the slew of regulations on the way, suddenly the libertarian fervor of buying and selling pot doesn’t … 0 0
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