Craig Shirley

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Trump's fiscal 2019 budget request to Congress and infrastructure plan propose selling off the transmission line assets of the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the largest federally owned public utilities, with the Bonneville Power Administration, a large federal electric utility in the Northwest. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

It’s a bad idea to cap Tennessee Valley Authority salaries

Craig Shirley · March 22, 2026 7:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Sen. John Thune, next to Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, speaks to the media, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, after a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Fairness and Justice

Congress must stop giving companies a break on foreign income

Craig Shirley · February 25, 2025 6:00 am

Former President Donald Trump gives thumbs up after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2023, Saturday, March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md.

This wasn’t Ronald Reagan’s CPAC

Craig Shirley · March 15, 2023 4:21 am

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks at a campaign stop for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., at La Poste, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, in Perry, Iowa.

AOC lies; Reagan was no racist

Craig Shirley, Mark Weinberg · March 12, 2019 4:00 am

"Now, Reagan had a little bit of this, but I don't think to the same extent but he also won," Donald Trump said.

Is this the year to primary Trump? What would Ronald Reagan do?

Craig Shirley · December 7, 2018 5:00 am

In this March 21, 2018, photo, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, speaks at the first New Way California Summit, a political committee eager to reshape the state GOP.

Kasich 2020? He won’t win, but he could help a Democrat win

Craig Shirley · August 20, 2018 4:00 am

Documenting Reagan

Craig Shirley · February 11, 2013 5:00 am

Book Review: Fritz the Cat

Craig Shirley · December 20, 2010 5:00 am

A Man, A Plan …

Craig Shirley, Walter Vatter · November 3, 2008 5:00 am

Reagan After Dark

Craig Shirley · July 9, 2007 4:00 am

Reagan After Dark

Craig Shirley · June 11, 2007 4:00 am

Gotta Play to Win

Craig Shirley · October 30, 2006 5:00 am