It felt good to free my books from their crates and get my new office arranged.

I enjoyed chatting with Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky about her latest book, Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged the Republic. www.youtube.com/live/rTzU-Ek...

👀"The head guy called me up. I said, ‘You have no right to write a thing like that. You’re not speaking for me,’” Trump told me, referring to the organization’s president, Kevin Roberts. “I said, ‘You really — what you did is terrible.’” thiessen-trump-interview-2.tiiny.co

True in essence. Put more precisely: Mr. Pence refused to claim the non-existent authority to not count the votes lawfully submitted by the states. "Mike Pence made that decision to certify that election. That's why Mike Pence isn't on this stage."

The Hewlett-Packard 200LX Palmtop PC (1994)The Hewlett-Packard 200LX Palmtop PC (1994)

My latest quickie newsletter is posted: The first branch really is supposed to be first. Also: Hill staff salary data, why folks don’t vote, and an ugly moment in Senate history kevinrkosar.substack.com/p/the-first-...

The first branch really is supposed to be first

Also: Hill staff salary data, why folks don’t vote, and an ugly moment in Senate history

My latest piece for the Washington Examiner magazine: www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3156...

Believe it or not, the House Budget Committee is getting things done - Washington Examiner

The average person would be forgiven for thinking Congress is completely bungling budgeting. Yet amid all the bad news, there are shoots of green.

My latest: I wish her well. Very well! thehill.com/opinion/cong...

Good luck to the Congressional Research Service’s new leader

Being the CRS director is no easy job.

Crowlista Flockhart dropped by for treats. She is a great corvid.

Peter Frampton is touring, despite having a degenerative muscular disease that makes it difficult for him to stand. He put on a terrific show the other night, playing for 2 hours and 20 minutes without a break. His voice sounds as it did in the 70s. Go see him while you can!