Michael D. Brown

In 1988 when I ran for Congress a friend of mine, Philip M. Stern, wrote the book The Best Congress Money Can Buy and even though a Democratic activist, Stern was on to something. Today, 60 Minutes and Peter Schweizer, a fellow at the Hoover Institution, are revisiting the reality of soft corruption within Congress [...]

The party is over. The drama ended. So where are we? According to Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute, only slightly better off than before this deal, but only if you consider how Washington works. In the great scheme of things, we’re not really any better off than before. Here is all you need to [...]

Without naming the blog, one of the regular ones I read summed up why they think the approval of the Boehner bill tonight is a victory for Republicans: Are we better off that the Boehner bill passed the House? I say absolutely, the narrative is that the House passed a debt ceiling extension and the [...]

What is the underlying issue with the debt ceiling debate? As we hear the back-and-forth among the warring factions inside the Beltway, we need to keep focused on what should be the strategic objective of the budget/debt battle: Reverse the trend toward a statist society by limiting the money the federal government has to exercise [...]

Judge Napolitano, who was been a strong supporter of me, makes this incredibly reasoned and impassioned statement to House Speaker John Boehner. After all the noise and fear mongering, here is a simple, straightforward direction for the Congress to take. In the course of his open letter, Judge Napolitano instructs all of us in the [...]