It’s been a busy month since I started my job at the Wall Street Journal! In today’s paper, I published a profile of Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who’s alienated many of his colleagues and caused a national-security crisis with his nine-month blockade of Pentagon nominations:
“I hate to hold people hostage like this,” the Alabama Republican says, sitting in a barren anteroom of his Capitol Hill office suite. “They have nothing to do with this. But what do you do? Do you fight for the Constitution?” …
Tuberville said his time in the coaching spotlight was good preparation for his current position. “Listen, I’ve coached in front of 100,000 people before, and when we didn’t play very well, half the stadium that was supposed to be on my side, they even didn’t like me,” he said. “I got called all kind of names, so that doesn’t bother me.” There have been times, he says, when his colleagues’ criticisms and the stories of the military veterans have tugged on his heartstrings and made him search his soul, but he has always come back to his conviction that he’s doing what’s right.
Read the rest of the story here.
Here are some other things I’ve written lately:
Can Glenn Youngkin Pull Off Another Magic Trick in Virginia?
The Left Is Tearing Itself Apart Over Israel
Matt Gaetz Tore the House GOP Apart. He Isn’t Sorry.
House Can’t Respond to World Crises as GOP Speaker Fight Rages On
As you can see, I’ve been busy—too busy to send out this newsletter every time I publish an article. Fortunately, if you go to my author page or any of my WSJ stories, there’s a handy button next to my name that you can press to be notified whenever I have a byline. Therefore, I’m not planning to continue this newsletter with any regularity. Thanks for reading and following.