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New Slogan for American Politics: 'It's Nothing Personal, It's Just Business'

“It’s nothing personal. It’s just business.” This phrase appeared at the end of the opening titles to President Trump’s long-running, successful reality TV show “The Apprentice.” Because Donald Trump and the contestants on both the regular and celebrity versions of the show understood this, he maintained good relationships with most of the participants even after he fired them.  Erin Elmore , Herschel Walker, Stephen Baldwin, Gary Busey, and Trace Adkins, to  name a few  former “Apprentice” cast members, have all jumped on the Trump Train even after he directed his infamous phrase “you’re fired” at them. The guiding principle of “It’s nothing personal, it’s just business” carried over into Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Throughout his campaign, Trump made several business decisions designed to strengthen his hand as he sought to accumulate the number of delegates necessary to clinch the Republican nomination. One such decision involved  replacing  his campaign manager, Core
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From the Archives: I is For Indoctrination

After a four-month absence from writing for this blog, it would make sense for me to weigh in on the topic that has absolutely saturated the American media for the past two months: Coronavirus. I still have plenty of time to do that; since the unmeasured hysteria surrounding the Wuhan flu shows no signs of subsiding anytime soon. But for now, I must focus on a more important matter: finding a new job now that I have unexpectedly lost my full-time job. I had stopped writing for this blog because my new job had a moonlighting policy that would require me to have approval if I wrote for any other publication or organization besides my company. Even if my company did not have a moonlighting policy, I probably would have stopped writing for the blog anyway because I wanted to spend all of my free time enjoying all that the Swamp has to offer; including historic monuments and museums a swell as a great group of conservatives. Unfortunately, the outbreak of Coronavirus and the stay-at-home
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New Year, New Life

Nearly two years ago, I wrote a  blog  titled “Advantages of Living in the Swamp,” explaining the reasoning behind my three-month long absence from this blog; namely, my life-changing internship with the National Journalism Center in Reston, Virginia.  I closed the blog by noting that “I remain optimistic about a possible return to the Swamp in the near future.” I can now report that my long-desired return to the Swamp has finally become a reality.  I have spent the past couple of weeks getting acclimated to my new surroundings as I wait to begin my new job, which will involve a lot of writing and policy research involving one of the most important political issues facing the country, next week. Living in the Swamp has presented me with a new set of challenges; after all, living independently means big changes for someone who has spent all but three months of his life living with his parents. After considering Wi-Fi a given at my parents’ house, I have struggled with securing Wi
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Top 10 Highlights of 2019

With 2020 officially underway, it makes perfect sense to look back on the highs and lows of 2019.   I have already assembled a list of the Top 10 Lowlights of 2019.   I thought it made sense to begin the new year on a high note with a list of the Top 10 Highlights of 2019. The impeachment fallout: Not only did Democrats fail to convince a single Republican to support the articles of impeachment against President Trump, they managed to lose one of their own members as a result of their obsession with removing the President from office by any means necessary.   Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a “blue dog” Democrat from New Jersey’s 2 nd Congressional District, voted against proceeding with the impeachment inquiry that amounted to nothing more than a taxpayer-funded therapy session for disaffected bureaucrats; making him one of only two Democrats in the House to do so.   When it came time to vote on actual articles of impeachment, not only did Van Drew vote no on both articles, he
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Top 10 Lowlights of 2019

With 2019 almost in the history books, the time has come for me to identify the lowlights and highlights of the year.   Just like any other year, 2019 had its ups and downs.   Let’s start off with the downs: The Impeachment Debacle: Just like I did with the midterm elections when compiling my lists of highlights and lowlights of 2018, I have decided to include the impeachment debacle on both lists in 2019.   The impeachment hearings amounted to nothing more than a taxpayer-funded opposition research campaign against President Trump; with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff rolling out the red carpet for permanent bureaucrats eager to air their grievances against the President on national TV. In addition to preventing Congress from conducting more important business, the wall-to-wall coverage of the impeachment hearings robbed Americans of the ability to enjoy quality cable TV. However, the impeachment fallout; specifically, President Trump’s rising approval ratings an
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The Consequences of Not Having a Citizenship Question

Believe it or not, just days remain between now and 2020.   As a leap year, 2020 will bring a lot with it; including the Summer Olympics and a presidential election.   In addition to all of the events normally associated with leap years and even years in United States politics, another notable event will take place in 2020: the decennial census.   The Trump administration caused heads to explode in the mainstream media when it announced that it would include a citizenship question on the 2020 census.   Because of litigation, the administration ultimately abandoned the effort to ask a citizenship question. The population figures outlined in the census determine the number of seats each state will receive in the United States House of Representatives and the Electoral College.   States with higher population growth rates enjoy more representation in those bodies in the first election following the census while states with lower rates of population growth would see their repres
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