Articles & Opinions

Election Day Log: Virginia Edition

by D.J. McGuire As you might imagine, Dear Reader, I had a very enjoyable Election Day as a conservative Democrat in Virginia. What you may not realize is how...

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On the Texas Shooting

by Cliff Dunn The Texas church shooting this week provides an example of two things: First, why a “good guy with a gun” matters; and second, why new regulations...

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On the Republican Tax Deform

by D.J. McGuire Taxes: the one issue where – as an economic conservative – I would be more sympathetic to my old party (the Republicans) than my new one (the...

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What Trump Has Wrought: Virginia Edition

by D.J. McGuire (who lives and votes in Virginia) Last year, as my fellow MPU podcasters inquired as to why Donald Trump’s nomination would be enough for me to...

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​ Ed Gillespie’s Fake Tax Cut

by D.J. McGuire (who lives and votes in Virginia) As Virginia’s campaign for governor careens to its conclusion on November 7, I do believe I have managed to solve...

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A Day in the Life of Joe Republican, Fifteen Years On

by Cliff Dunn Joe gets up at 5 a.m. now instead of 6 a.m. so he can make his first job. He takes a sip of bottled water rather...

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Where is Puerto Rico’s Place in the Union?

by Cliff Dunn Hurricane Maria is, without a doubt, a humanitarian catastrophe for Puerto Rico, and one which deserves a good deal of aid for her people.  However, the...

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Trump’s Trade War, Part II

by D.J. McGuire The Trump Administration’s efforts to “renegotiate” the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have now created so many hackles that the Chamber of Commerce stepped in....

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Was the New Deal Racist? Yes.

by D.J. McGuire The more one looks at the actual policies enacted during the Roosevelt administration, the more one comes to the painful conclusion that FDR, whatever his intentions,...

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Bring Back the Well-Regulated Militia

by D.J. McGuire A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be...

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Trump’s Trade War

by D.J. McGuire Over the eight months and change of the Trump Administration, two of his closest allies – both geopolitically and personally – have been Justin Trudeau and...

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Trump’s Trade War

by D.J. McGuire Over the eight months and change of the Trump Administration, two of his closest allies – both geopolitically and personally – have been Justin Trudeau and...

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Lindsey Graham’s Economic Illiteracy and Why It Dooms His Health Care Policy

by D.J. McGuire As of this morning (the 25th), the Senior Senator from South Carolina is still pushing  for the woeful health care bill that bears his name. In...

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From Rinse and Repeat to Reshuffle and Redeal: The Problems with Graham-Cassidy

by D.J. McGuire Republicans keep telling me that being a conservative Democrat will be difficult, and yet they continue to make it easier. The latest example of this is...

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