By John Frary The big, the really BIG news from the primary elections was Rep. Eric Cantor’s “stunning” “staggering,” “shocking,” “ historic,” defeat in Virginia’s Seventh District. Apart from the fact that…
By John Frary This is what you must do to raise a spit-storm in Franklin County: Sit down in the Brickyard Café for breakfast; announce that you plan to challenge Tom Saviello…
Just yesterday I was privy to a moderately beerish discussion about wind power between two engineers; one visiting from Ohio who teaches engineering, one from Boothbay who designs unique private homes. They…
Olympia Snowe’s Fighting for Common Ground makes it clear that she disapproves of ideologues and approves of the No Labels movement. But what is “ideologue” if it’s not an invidious label used…
The Farmington Diner, across the road from Hippach Field and adjacent to Georgie’s Famous Hot Dog Stand, was a feature of my distant youth. In October 1957 it was the scene of…
In 2006 Len Burman, a director at the Brookings Institution, told the House Ways and Means Committee that “The AMT violates virtually every principle of tax policy. It is not fair: it…
“The powerful gun lobby’s iron grip on Washington showed signs of loosening Monday in the wake of the massacre of 20 children in Connecticut…” — New York Daily News, Dec. 17. Personification…
By John Frary “This is the worst convention I’ve seen in 30 years.” This is the bitter verdict of a veteran Republican legislator and stalwart conservative. My experience is more limited than…