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Why Is Biden Giving Teachers’ Union Boss More Power?

FAILING UP

Randi Weingarten, the influential leader of one of the largest teachers’ unions in the U.S., helped create our current education disaster. She still has the president’s ear.

Rory Cooper | Published Jun 30, 2023
opinion

Teachers Union Bosses Must Answer for Plunging Test Scores

CLOSED SCHOOLS, NO LEARNING

Randi Weingarten and Becky Pringle wielded enormous political power to keep schools closed—and the results are a disaster. Why does anyone still listen to them?

Rory Cooper | Published Oct 26, 2022
opinion

5 Reasons Biden’s College Loan Amnesty Is Bad Politics

THINK THIS THROUGH

Democrats want to spend $400 billion on a bailout without even running it through Congress. They’re nuts if they think that’s a political winner.

Rory Cooper | Published May 07, 2022
opinion

I Did Disaster Response for Bush. Trump Is Doing It Wrong.

NO LABELS

I was in the Bush White House after 9/11. When Americans called, we didn’t ask which party they were in or whether they liked the president.

Rory Cooper | Published Mar 18, 2020
opinion

We’re Screwed if We Republicans Can’t Condemn Trump

SOME WITCH HUNT

What President Trump did was wrong, in the best circumstances. And the Republican Party will be a shell of itself moving forward if it cannot say as much.

Rory Cooper | Published Sep 30, 2019
opinion

The Case for Primarying Donald Trump From the Right

NO FREE RIDES

He’ll almost certainly prevail. But a run by a conservative would keep Trump honest on policy and expose his shortcomings politically.

Rory Cooper | Published Mar 06, 2019
opinion

Amy Klobuchar Being a Terrible Boss Does, Actually, Matter

THE MESSAGE FROM THE TOP

If you want to be an effective politician, you need an effective office. And that simply doesn’t happen if you treat your team like garbage.

Rory Cooper | Published Feb 14, 2019
opinion

As the Market Turns Down, Older Voters May Turn Down Trump

Confidence, Man

The over-50 supporters who were key to Trump’s win in 2016 have given him a pass on a lot. That could end if their retirements are jeopardized.

Rory Cooper | Published Dec 24, 2018

What to Expect if Democrats Take the House: Ugliness

REVENGE

Democrats won’t just be waging war against Trump, they’ll be trying to prevent one from erupting within the party.

Rory Cooper | Published Nov 06, 2018
opinion

Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong: Republicans Are Ditching Trump

ICEBERG AHEAD

Between rumors of an N-word tape, his lawyer accusing him of a crime, and his treatment of McCain, it’s remarkable—and telling—that he’s holding on

Rory Cooper | Published Aug 29, 2018

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