PowerPoint
presentations from my latest seminar for
TheCapitol.Net
on "Advanced Legislative Strategy," August 2007:
Part
1:
"Strategies and Tactics in the Legislative Arena."
Part 2:
"The Appropriations-Money Process: How to Get an
Earmark."
"Another J. Edgar Hoover?"
Los Angeles Times, June 14,
2007.
“The Federal Regulatory Process Poster.”
TheCapitol.Net, 2007.
"Mandated Research Database would Impair Copyrights and Health."
Washington Legal Foundation, January 12, 2007. Co-authored with
my legal colleague Richard L. Frank.
"If He Wanted a Stadium There Would Be One."
New York
Times, March 2005. Article on Boss Tweed.
"Generals as Candidates: Not Always Such a Winning
Combination." Roll Call, October 27, 2003.
"California in Context: Recall Opens Door to New
Voters." Roll Call, September 23, 2003.
"War Makes Political Havoc for Presidents and Challengers Alike."
Roll Call, April 7, 2003.
"Gephardt Could Buck History with Longer Primary
Season." Roll Call, February 7, 2003.
"History Shows That This Year's Senate Flip Isn't
Really Unprecedented." Roll Call, June 21, 2001.
"Looking to the Future."
Professional Agent,
April 1996. An update on then-pending agriculture insurance
legislation.
"AgriFinance Interviews: Kenneth D. Ackerman."
AgriFinance, the Journal of Agriculture Professionals, March
1994.
"Virginia's MONROE."
Skin Diver,
December 1993. Shipwreck story.
"Incident on the Oregon."
American Heritage
of Invention & Technology (Division of American Heritage
Intention and Technology, Spring 1994.) Tale of deep sea diving
in the 1880s.
"1991 Futures Legislation: The Case For a
Compromise on Jurisdiction." Commodities Law Letter,
February 1991.
"How to Help Farmers Help Themselves."
Farm
Futures, July/August 1986. (Assisted CFTC Commissioner
West).
"CFTC Faces the World."
Futures and Options
World, July 1986. (Assisted CFTC Commissioner West).
"One Gold Corner that Failed."
Futures,
February 1986. Story of the Gould/Fisk 1869 panic.
"Takeovers, the Old-Fashioned Way." Legal
Times, February 1986. Jay Gould battles Corneleus
Vanderbilt over the 1868 Erie Railway.
"Ten Cautionary Rules for Institutional
Investors." Intermarket, January 1986. (Assisted Andrea
Corcoran, CFTC Director of Trading and Markets).
"Federal Regulation of Futures: Responses to
Changing Times." Journal of Commerce, March 1985.
Co-authored with CFTC Chairman Susan Phillips.
"Success in the Long Run."
Washington Post,
November 1, 1984. (Assisted Dr. Sheldon Konecke). Advice for
marathon runners.
"An Innocent's Journey through Sports Medicine."
Washington Weekly, July 1984. Real reason why I no longer run
marathons.
"Ten Tips for Avoiding a Commodities Scam."
AMTRAK Express, July 1984. (Assisted CFTC Commissioner
West).
"Stock Index Futures: Don't Tinker With
Success." Futures/ A National Journal Issues Book,
January 1984.
"International Links: A Regulator's View."
The Journal of Commerce, October 1983. (Assisted CFTC
Chairman Phillips).
"Banks Trading in Futures Confront New
Regulator." The American Banker, October 1983. (Assisted CFTC
Chairman Phillips).
"Viable and Safe Markets- The Role of the CFTC."
The National Journal, September 1983. (Assisted CFTC
Chairman Phillips).
"Tax on Futures Trading/YES."
Barrons,
August 1982. (Assisted CFTC Chairman Phillip Johnson).
"SEC, CFTC Set Stage for Transformation of
Markets." Legal Times of Washington, February 1982.
"Civil Service Reform: A Test of Congress'
Responsibility." Chicago Tribune, September 1978.
(Assisted Senator Percy).
"Advise and Consent: A Reevaluation."
Southern Illinois University Law Review, 1978. (Assisted
Senator Percy).
