–Originally published in Washington Examiner Magazine– On Tax Day 2009, I stood on the banks of Boston Harbor clutching a bullhorn. I was mad as hell at both parties for the infamous Troubled Assets Relief Program, or TARP, bailout of the big banks and concerned that Democratic control of the White House and both houses…
A New Bill Would Rein in Executive Overreach and the Administrative State. But Does Congress Really Want That Power?
–Originally posted at Reason- This week saw the reintroduction of the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act. Sponsored by Sens. Rand Paul (R–Ky.), Chuck Grassley (R–Iowa), Joni Ernst (R–Iowa), Todd Young (R–Ind.), and Ted Cruz (R–Tex.), the REINS Act tackles two major libertarian priorities: reducing burdensome regulations and reining in executive…
Can A Divided Congress Bring Us Smaller Government?
-Originally posted at Arc Digital- January 3, 2019, marked the start of the 116th U.S. Congress. Democrats — led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi 2.0 — now control the House of Representatives for the first time since they lost it in the Tea Party wave of 2010; those halcyon days when Republicans campaigned on reducing the size of government and…
I can’t figure out what to do
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…