It’s been three months since I left my job as Rep. Justin Amash’s Communications Director. Part of the reason I moved on was to start publishing under my own name again as I did for years before the transition to Capitol Hill. But I’m stuck. It’s not just writer’s block, although I think that’s part…
Moving on
-Originally published as a Facebook status- Smack dab in the middle of a sweltering summer just over two years ago, I found myself in deep, dark, uncharted territory. Ten years of malleable circumstances that I had naively interpreted as inexorable truths suddenly crashed down both personally and professionally. As my twenties came to a close, everything…
Too many parts of our lives have become politicized
-Originally published as a Facebook status- Many people seem to be wondering why the nation is so divided, why there’s so much antagonism, why there’s so much hate. The answer is simple: It’s because too many parts of our lives have become politicized. When I was standing outside of the Capitol during Trump’s swearing-in, I felt a…
Republican Senator Mike Lee suggests Donald Trump could kill the Republican Party
-Originally published at Rare- As an original tea party organizer, I participated in our movement’s growth from an act of street protest into an organized, albeit decentralized political force. By 2010, we had managed to elect some of the most impressive liberty Republicans seen in generations. I was optimistic. Rand Paul, Justin Amash, Raul Labrador,…
Democrats stayed up all night fighting to expand unconstitutional Bush-era powers
-Originally published at Rare- I’m months from my thirtieth year on this earth, and starting to feel old. Before you get offended by this, consider that when I was in college, Democrats were the anti-war party. I mean a let’s-reject-Hillary-for-Obama-because-he’s-anti-war kind of party. Code Pink was essentially mainstream on the left a decade ago. George…