Thomas F Campenni

Lobster, Soy Bean, Steel & Shoes

What do lobster, soy beans, steel and shoes have in common?

They all have something to do with U.S. imposed tariffs and possible retaliation by China. Tariffs are a really bad idea. They are a regressive tax mostly on those who can least afford…

Washingtonian Babel

Why in our public life has it become so hard to have political discourse with those we disagree. Political correctness is not owned by either Right or Left…Democrat or Republican. Every faction has its own code language for what is meant. What should or should not be said. What those code…

Congress Has Abdicated Their Constitutional Duty

How did our constitutional institutions evolve to become worse than those created by our nation’s founders?

Hamilton in Federalist #70 argues that there needs to be a “vigorous” and “energetic” executive. His argument is based on the weakness of the…