How Things Work in Washington – Boys and Girls Club Bill is Case Study in Establishment Misspending Your Money

By: hogan (Diary)  |  March 12th at 12:59 PM  | 

For those of us who have worked in Washington, and in particular on Capitol Hill, it is hard to explain the specific ways in which the Federal Government grows so fast and how taxpayers’ money gets wasted so excessively. Sure, everyone “gets it” to some degree, but unless you’ve lived it, you don’t know how it actually happens. Well, back on January 28 of this | Read More »

NRA Expresses “Dismay” over Sotomayor Nomination

By: hogan (Diary)  |  July 7th at 11:38 AM  | 

While a little late and lacking an official position against her, the National Rifle Association has expressed its “very strong concerns” with the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the United States Supreme Court. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Republican Ranking Member Jeff Sessions, the NRA used particularly harsh language for an organization often hesitant – to say the least | Read More »