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Ryan RayMarch 13, 2015

Ah, brothers. Such an embarrassment sometimes. Jimmy Carter had Billy the beer-swilling redneck, Bill Clinton had Roger the cocaine distributor and Lyndon Johnson had Sam Houston, the other beer-swilling redneck. The conventional wisdom is that Jeb Bush will have something of an albatross around his neck owing to his brother’s relatively unpopular tenure in the White House — so then why […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 9, 2015

Unfinished business surrounds former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel’s exit from Congress this past year, namely $166,000 in cash left in campaign accounts. The Fort Myers Republican, who had one of the shortest stints ever for a congressional representative from Florida after his cocaine possession arrest in Washington D.C., released his most recent campaign report Jan […]

Phil AmmannFebruary 9, 2015

Unfinished business surrounds former U.S. Rep. Trey Radel’s exit from Congress this past year, namely $166,000 in cash left in campaign accounts. The Fort Myers Republican, who had one of the shortest stints ever for a congressional representative from Florida after his cocaine possession arrest in Washington D.C., released his most recent campaign report Jan […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2014

In the 1800s Americans could legally smoke opium. Then Chinese people came to California and started taking jobs from native-born Americans. California couldn’t kick out the Chinese, but they could take away their their opium, and that’s when the state banned opium. Until the 1900s, Americans could legally smoke marijuana. But when Mexicans started moving […]

Guest AuthorNovember 21, 2013

Trey Radel, we barely knew you long enough to spell your name correctly (I fact-checked the spelling at least three times while writing this column). I don’t know what surprises me more: that a member of Congress was caught buying cocaine in DuPont Circle (he was actually arrested at his apartment), that his dealer rolled […]

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Charlie Cook on Jeb's national favorability problem

Trey Radel’s unfinished business: $166K

Trey Radel's unfinished business: $166K

Mark O’Brien: War on Drugs needn’t be a bust

Jamie Miller: Hey Trey, you hurt yourself, your district, the state, the House