William L. Kovacs is the author of "Reform the Kakistocracy: Rule by the Least Able or Least Principled Citizens". He held senior level policy positions in a national business association, on Capitol Hill, as a partner in DC law firms, participated in hundreds of federal rulemakings and testified before Congress forty times. Follow him @WilliamLKovacs
Since the killing of Iranian General Suleimani there is howling debate concerning the scope of the president’s war powers to carry out killings, and hostile actions against countries we are not at war with. Democrats calling the actions unconstitutional, introduced a useless, non-binding resolution, expressing “disapproval” so they have media talking points. The President claims
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As the nation ends the gift-giving season, Congress, in its $1.4 trillion 2020 fiscal year appropriation gave billions to distilleries, race-horses, Nascar owners, short-line railroad, biodiesel blenders and other favored industries. Should Congress consistently give billions of our hard-earned dollars to private entities? While common sense says NO, it is unfortunate that Congress fails the
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It is generally believed that media organizations are exempt from the reporting requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (“LDA”) since their purpose is to gather and disseminate news and information to the public. This may have been a correct conclusion in 1995 when these organizations functioned as quality news organizations, operating under strict
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A USA Today headline read “Many Federal Employees More Likely to Die Than Be Fired.” It reported that federal employees were fired at the rate of 0.55%, a rate so low that deaths outnumbered firings. Two significant agencies had zero firings. Should any American have a property right to a federal job for life? Citizens elect
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