Ballantine and I went to college together, which is to say, we attended it at the same time and were in several of the same classes. The last I knew, he was in the Senior Executive Service with GSA Region 9, which is out on the west coast. So I hadn’t seen him in quite a while… Continue reading The GSA – Uncle Sam’s Landlord Knows How to Live
Category: Politics and Law
Scalia Says Obamacare Tastes Like Broccoli
It was a mighty glum Mortimer Groenteboer of the American Fruit and Vegetable Council who came to visit my office on the afternoon of Friday March 30. “He looks,” Gretchen opined in an instant message shortly before showing him in, “like he was weaned on a pickle.” And so he did. A more unhappy Washington… Continue reading Scalia Says Obamacare Tastes Like Broccoli
The Etchy, Sketchy Heart of Romney’s Worst Problem
As any good political operative will tell you, their role in a campaign is to make their candidate as famous as possible while themselves remaining, if not anonymous, at least thoroughly obscure. But late yesterday afternoon, Gretchen patched through Eric Fehmstrom, a gentleman who works for the Mitt Romney campaign, and, as many readers of… Continue reading The Etchy, Sketchy Heart of Romney’s Worst Problem
Kony 2012 Makes Jason Russell Barely Famous
I was relaxing at my home in Great Falls, Virginia this afternoon, preparing to drive over to Fairfax for what my sister-in-law Shannon promises to be a genuine Chicago Irish St. Patrick’s day celebration, when my POTS land line rang. The caller ID was partially blocked, showing only an 858 area code. I must confess,… Continue reading Kony 2012 Makes Jason Russell Barely Famous
When Rush Limbaugh Goes too Far – Is It a Fluke?
Late this afternoon, I concluded a long and arduous consultation with the representatives of former Icelandic banks. It seems the Icelandic authorities are about to try their former Prime Minister for raping their economy, and the people behind those banks are, let us say, extremely concerned. It was grueling; I was exhausted. But the first… Continue reading When Rush Limbaugh Goes too Far – Is It a Fluke?