House Democrats want to pass a bill that would require GM and Chrysler to restore franchise agreements with car dealers they have severed ties to. The politicians no doubt heard from those business owners who were upset about being forced to close dealerships across the country, and saw the federal financial aid connection as an […]
Ten things I’ve learned from Republican leaders in 2009: Empathy is bad Leaving your job halfway through the term isn’t quitting, even if you don’t have a new job lined up yet Gays are ruining marriage, not heterosexual governors and senators who commit adultery It’s better to whine and complain about the other guy’s ideas […]
Memo to the people who make auto-flush toilets: can you adjust your product so it doesn’t flush while I’m still sitting there? I had this unpleasant experience at four different public venues in the last week. I don’t know what you need to reset to make the toilet wait until I’ve finished my business, but […]
The big story in Chicago this morning, where I’m on WLS, is Mayor Daley signing the Olympic funding guarantee yesterday, putting taxpayers on the hook for the cost of the 2016 games (if they’re awarded to to the city). I don’t understand why cities fall in love with the idea of hosting the Olympics. They […]
Gerald Seib has a piece in the Wall Street Journal bemoaning the diminishing number of military veterans in Congress. He compares the numbers to those of 30 and 40 years ago — when you had a higher percentage of men in the Capitol, and they were likely to have served (and/or been drafted) during the […]
For the last couple of months, all the members of the Harris family have been waiting for Congress to approve one of us. He’s my brother, Seth, who was nominated by President Obama to become our next Deputy Secretary of Labor. I haven’t said anything about it publicly because he was going through the vetting […]