If you are the least bit mystified as to why our current political system is so incredibly dysfunctional and you haven’t read The Once and Future Liberal by Mark Lilla yet, you should do so right now. It is only 143 pages and it is a worthy read.  The book not only dissects what is…

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is only 76 days away.  And while it still may be a bit of time before you start to prepare your shopping lists, there is one item that you should already be thinking about: your survey data. The fact of the matter is – Thanksgiving is just around the…

By: J. Charles Coughlin Thirty-two years ago this week, I drove into town on Grand Avenue with all of the possessions I had in the world in the back of my 1985 stick shift Chevy Cavalier. Mom was on me about riding the clutch – even though she was 2,300 miles away in my home…

Over the past year, we’ve too often seen the discussion over health care reform devolve into partisan posturing and substance-free debate. Instead of following regular order and finding a bipartisan solution to the flaws in our current system, Senate Republicans have made the same mistake Democrats made in 2010 by attempting to jam through a…

Chuck Coughlin joined Mike O’Neil on Think Tank to talk Trump’s latest deal, Proposition 305 and school vouchers, and other state and local issues.  In case you missed it, you check out the show here.