Author: danps

Trying to slow down unwanted results as they approach is not unique to politics, but Washington has developed an unhealthy fondness for it recently. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.No Associated Press...

The president would like the Treasury Secretary to be granted a vast new array of powers more closely resembling those granted to a separate and inter-branch agency.  It is a bad idea in this particular case and a worse one...

The bad news is that the president – whether through conviction, an excess of caution or political calculation – has been unwilling to directly address some urgent problems.  The good news is that not everyone...

Some in Washington have made a great show of signaling support for investigating evidence of crimes during the Bush administration, but not much is happening.  While they dither the opportunities to actually do something...

Newly released legal opinions from the Bush White House has intensified calls for an investigation.  Congress is looking in to getting involved, but does not have the track record, leadership or authority to inspire...