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2 weeks ago | 
talbotspy.org | David Reel
Shortly after the Maryland General Assembly convened in January for their 2025 session, I wrote a commentary with the title — Doing the right thing and consequences in Annapolis. My example of doing the right thing was Democratic State Delegate Sheree Sample-Hughes refusing late in the 2023 legislative session to vote for legislation in the House of Delegates favored by the House Democratic leadership.
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2 weeks ago | 
stardem.com | David Reel
Following World War II, Winston Churchill was facing two daunting political and governing challenges in pivoting from serving as a wartime to a post war leader of Britain. The first challenge was how Britain should deal with Germany, whose leaders were ruthless adversaries who inflicted massive amounts of death, pain and suffering on Britain during a six-year war; including bombing raids on London that killed and injured innocent civilians.
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3 weeks ago | 
talbotspy.org | David Reel
Following World War II, Winston Churchill was facing two daunting political and governing challenges in pivoting from serving as a war time to a post war time leader of Britain. The first challenge was how Britain should deal with Germany, whose leaders were ruthless adversaries who inflicted massive amounts of death, pain, and suffering on Britain during a six-year war; including bombing raids on London that killed and injured innocent civilians.
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3 weeks ago | 
stardem.com | David Reel
After every presidential election cycle, political pundits do a deep dive analysis on campaign strategies that were effective before the campaign launch and during the campaign. One of the most insightful and thought provoking analyses I have seen was written by Michael Grynbaum and John Koblin, published in the New York Times the day after the election.
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1 month ago | 
talbotspy.org | David Reel
After every presidential election cycle, political pundits do a deep dive analysis on campaign strategies that were effective before the campaign launch and during the campaign. One of the most insightful and thought provoking analyses I have seen was written by Michael Grynbaum and John Koblin, published in the New York Times the day after the election.
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1 month ago | 
stardem.com | David Reel
In a world where there is constant talk about more transparency and openness in government at all levels, now is a time to reflect upon an observation by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Moynihan was once described in “The Almanac of American Politics” as “the nation’s best thinker among politicians since Lincoln, and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson.” Prior to three terms in the U.S. Senate, he served Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford.
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1 month ago | 
talbotspy.org | David Reel
In a world where there is constant talk about more transparency and openness in government at all levels, now is a time to reflect upon an observation by Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Moynihan was once described in The Almanac of American Politics as “the nation’s best thinker among politicians since Lincoln, and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson.” Prior to three terms in the U.S. Senate, he served Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford.
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1 month ago | 
stardem.com | David Reel
To date, more than two dozen lawsuits have been filed challenging the authority, power, goals, plans, initiatives and actions of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). No doubt many more lawsuits will follow. The rulings by lower court judges on the already filed lawsuits are mixed. Some lower court judges have ruled a president has broad constitutional authority to fire, demote or reassign federal executive branch employees without input from or approval of Congress.
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1 month ago | 
cambridgespy.org | David Reel
To date, more than two dozen lawsuits have been filed challenging the authority, power, goals, plans, initiatives, and actions of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). No doubt many more lawsuits will follow. The rulings by lower court judges on the already filed lawsuits are mixed. Some lower court judges have ruled a president has broad constitutional authority to fire, demote, or reassign federal executive branch employees without input from, or approval of Congress.
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1 month ago | 
talbotspy.org | David Reel
To date, more than two dozen lawsuits have been filed challenging the authority, power, goals, plans, initiatives, and actions of President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). No doubt many more lawsuits will follow. The rulings by lower court judges on the already filed lawsuits are mixed. Some lower court judges have ruled a president has broad constitutional authority to fire, demote, or reassign federal executive branch employees without input from, or approval of Congress.
