Norman Leahy
Norman Leahy has written about national and Virginia politics for more than 30 years with outlets ranging from The Washington Post to BearingDrift.com. A consulting writer, editor, recovering think tank executive and campaign operative, Norman lives in Virginia.
Billionaires Upset After Taxpayers Reject Sports Stadium Subsidies
Voters in Jackson County, Missouri, rejected a sales tax ballot measure that would have funded stadium renovations to the home of the Kansas City...
Social Security Reform Proposal Sparks Political Firestorm
What happens when one of the major political parties suggests the most modest of reforms to the benefits future Social Security beneficiaries will receive?
The...
Bipartisan Biden Policy ‘Win’ Exposed As Corporate Welfare Scheme
One of the Biden administration’s major policy accomplishments was a bipartisan affair: the so-called CHIPS Act, which will transfer roughly $39 billion worth of...
Michigan’s State-Run Liquor Monopoly Fails Brilliantly
Governments are terrible at certain things. Picking winners and losers, for example (cronies usually win). Or running state-sanctioned monopolies, like those for alcohol sales...
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NBC’s McDaniel Ouster Is A Lesson In Media Politics And Double Standards
The minor uprising among NBC News staffers over the network’s hiring of former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel is over. Bowing to the...
Political Class Ignores Expert Warnings About Congress’ Spending Addiction
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel’s office has been producing a stream of reports, analyses and outlooks, all showing that the federal government’s...
Americans Set To Pay High Price For Biden’s Political Posturing
The pressures of a presidential campaign can force incumbents and their attendants to do utterly incomprehensible things. But few can match both the pettiness...
Supremes Deal Some Republicans Involved In Jan. 6 Major Blow
While the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, correctly, that states could not bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on the primary ballot under the...
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Team Biden Continues To Push Electric Vehicles Despite Market Rejection
Readers can be forgiven if they think news stories sometimes run at cross-purposes. Consider a couple of recent stories about electric cars, pollution mandates,...
Both Parties Agree On Need For Political Pandering To Key US Industry
Meddling in markets during election years is not new. But rarely do we witness both major political parties set aside any pretense of restraint...
A Policing Reform Initiative That Conservatives Should Get Behind
Way back in 2020 and 2021, there was a lot of discussion about reforming policing in America. More often than not, those reforms tended...
Governments Should Stay Out Of Market Investment Decisions
Culture warriors on the left and right are a restless lot. There’s always something, somewhere, that offends them. When they get offended, they tend...
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Understanding The Dynamics Behind Biden And Trump’s Presidential Rematch
The primary niceties, convention hoopla and vice presidential speculation aside, we have the presidential rematch that no one wants in November. Right?
Noted contrarian and...
The Feds’ Biggest Ponzi Scheme Yet Revealed
As official Washington gears up for an election year budget season, it’s important to review a few salient, and profoundly inconvenient, facts.
In its report...
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