Tag: rule of law
How I Used My Five-Minute Speech As a Call to Battle...
One of the outstanding political events every year in our part of Virginia is the Labor Day banquet conducted by the Democratic Committees of...
Why Trump’s Impeachment Is So Much More Necessary Than Nixon’s
Unhappily, with each passing week, I become more convinced that if the Democrats in Congress continue on their current path in dealing with the...
How Best to Rough Out the Comprehensive Picture of Trump’s Lawlessness?
I'd like to ask for the help of readers here.
I'm working on a piece that is premised on the idea that the reasons Trump...
“No Quitter”— How on Trump Even a Virtue Is Turned into...
This is my weekly op/ed in my red congressional district (VA-06)
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Interviewed on TV the other day, Democratic Congressman (and presidential candidate) Eric Swalwell was...
A Patriotic Duty to Know and to Care (My latest challenge...
This is my weekly op/ed published in my very red congressional district, VA-06.
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The other day, Judge Andrew Napolitano – Fox News’ chief legal commentator,...
Vote for Checks and Balances (My Pre-Election Op/Ed Message to My...
This piece has run this weekend in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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Vote for Checks and Balances
We can know how America’s founders...
Bob Goodlatte, Far Worse Than I Had Thought.
by Andy Schmookler
I spent 20 months (in 2011-12) running against Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA06). So naturally I gave a lot of thought to the...
How Far Would Trump Go If He Could? (My Latest Challenge...
This piece is running this week in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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When I was growing up, we kids were admonished not...
Raising Our Voices: A Thought Experiment
In the news just now: Trump grotesquely abusing his pardon power as a way of telling his cronies to keep their mouths shut, and...
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
This piece has run in newspapers in my very red congressional district (VA-06).
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I feel exceptionally fortunate in the time and place I have lived...