NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS of T.J. O'Hara's recurring columns:

  • Deconstructed (IVN – Independent Voter News)
  • A Civil Assessment (CDN – Communities Digital News)
  • A Civil Assessment (the Communities Section of The Washington Times)
  • A President for the People (the Communities Section of The Washington Times)
  • The Common Sense Czar (the Communities Section of The Washington Times)

A Fiscal Cliff? More Like A Political One

SAN DIEGO, Ca., September 6, 2017 – As voters, we’ll be asked to ignore the dereliction of duty demonstrated by our elected leaders; threatened with horrible outcomes if a federal budget isn’t passed and the debt ceiling isn’t increased; then, suffer through the traditional blame game, where the two major

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Is it Smart to Have a Department of Education?

SAN DIEGO, Ca., February 8, 2017 – Following her historic confirmation as Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos may find herself to be unemployed. A bill (H.R. 899) has already been proffered to eliminate the Department of Education. The bill, introduced by Representative Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and co-sponsored by seven other

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Are We Preconditioned to Accept or Reject Executive Orders?

SAN DIEGO, Ca., January 31, 2015 – With the recent rash of Executive Orders, political lines have been drawn in the sand. Supporters of President Trump have praised his use of Executive Orders as strongly as they had objected to it under the Obama Administration. Correspondingly, critics of the Trump

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How to find Substance in a Primary that lacks it

SAN DIEGO, Ca., August 19, 2015 – It’s that time again. Time to celebrate another presidential election cycle; an event that’s inching closer to becoming a perpetual race as opposed to a process that occurs every four years. Did you catch the first Republican debate? There were so many candidates

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What Would Make the Court ‘Supreme’?

SAN DIEGO, Ca., February 1, 2015 – President Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, currently a United States Court of Appeals judge for the Tenth Circuit, to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Let the political fallout begin. Brace yourselves for several weeks of unmitigated praise as well as unbridled criticism;

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Partisan Bias Conditions Many to Accept or Reject Executive Orders

SAN DIEGO, Ca., January 31, 2017 – With the recent rash of executive orders, political lines have been drawn in the sand. Supporters of President Trump have praised his use of executive orders as strongly as they had objected to it under the Obama administration. Correspondingly, critics of the Trump administration,

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Are We Preconditioned to Accept or Reject Executive Orders?

SAN DIEGO, Ca., January 31, 2015 – With the recent rash of Executive Orders, political lines have been drawn in the sand. Supporters of President Trump have praised his use of Executive Orders as strongly as they had objected to it under the Obama Administration. Correspondingly, critics of the Trump

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