Articles and Editorials

Opponents of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact often rely on red-herring arguments to defend the status quo. Chief among them is an objection I like to call the “small state shuffle”. The opposing argument goes something like this: ‘The Electoral College is there to protect the small states and most small state voters are Republican. Therefore, the current system is good for small states and by extension Republican candidates for president.’ When confronted with facts counter to this inaccurate narrative, they claim you are a shill for liberal Democrats.

A goal RTM members can agree on

January 12, 2018

The 2017 municipal election in Greenwich will be remembered for three things: underscoring ideological hues more apropos to presidential elections, its volume of candidates, and the national attention it beckoned. A challenge those of us who were elected to the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting (RTM) can universally agree on tackling: to amplify and optimize constituent outreach with renewed zeal.

The Conservative Alternative to a Carbon Tax

May 11, 2017

In politics, just like the stock market, one knows where the big money play is at any given time. For the past several months in D.C., the big money is behind a carbon tax scheme to address global warming. Whoever is writing the checks decided to rebrand the largest tax increase in the history of the United States as a “conservative” strategy.