Peter Roff

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In filing the brief, several attorneys general expressed concern that the investigation, led by Schneiderman and Healey, was being used as a tool to silence anyone who disagreed with their views on global climate change. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

In New York, a rogue attorney general promotes himself rather than justice

Peter Roff · July 12, 2017 12:00 am

America needs tax reform to get moving again. (iStock)

America needs comprehensive tax reform

Peter Roff · March 9, 2017 5:04 am

Google's trying to make nice but Trump has a long memory. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Beltway Confidential

Google made a bad bet on Clinton

Peter Roff · December 14, 2016 12:02 am

By most accounts the firm's pitch is hard to resist, especially for attorneys general in cash-strapped states. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)

Attorneys general shouldn’t outsource legal work to private firms

Peter Roff · August 24, 2016 4:04 am

Rather than being a step back, the TPP is a forward-looking effort to redress imbalances and to establish rules of the trade routes for a substantial portion of the global economy. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Trans-Pacific Partnership: Good for America, good for the world

Peter Roff · July 21, 2016 4:03 am

The Nanny State does not know better

Peter Roff · August 13, 2015 4:01 am

A visitor examines a Samsung smartphone with a Microsoft operating system on the first day of the CeBIT 2012 technology trade fair on March 6, 2012 in Hanover, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Regulatory overreach threatens your phone

Peter Roff · July 17, 2015 4:01 am

In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., speaks in Washington. AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Energy and Environment

EPA power grab looks like Obamacare redux

Peter Roff · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

The American people should never again be put in the position of waiting for Congress to pass a bill so that, in the words of Nancy Pelosi - they can know what's in it. [AP Photo

The ‘doc fix’ goes corporate

Peter Roff · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

This undated poster provided by Feld Entertainment shows a poster depicting Jumbo the elephant, as part of the early days of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. (AP Photo/Feld Entertainment Inc.)

Elephants can remember

Peter Roff · March 10, 2015 9:00 am

The Strange Case of Bisphenol-A

Peter Roff · January 27, 2015 8:21 pm

The towboat Janis R. Brewer pushes coal barges upstream on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Coal must be part of America’s energy future

Peter Roff · September 22, 2014 9:00 am