Recently in a comment to one of my columns a writer demanded I explain why she should have any responsibility to care about what was happening in the Ukraine. A couple of days, or so, later I had not answered her demand and she asked again with some obvious degree of arrogance why she, why…
John Hoeven: Let's Fight Russia With Natural Gas
North Dakota Senator John Hoeven, recently returned from a visit to Ukraine, thinks we can use trade policy to help put an aggressive and resurgent Russia back on its heels. With domestic production of natural gas surging, Hoeven is pushing for President Obama to relax restrictions on exporting gas. Russia, one of the largest exporters…
Earl Pomeroy's Lobbying Firm Is Sticking With Putin
A couple of weeks ago I reported that former North Dakota congressman Earl Pomeroy’s lobbying firm, Alston & Bird, was working for Russians. “I am not involved in this nor was I aware of the filing.,” Pomeroy told me in an email seeking comment about the relationship. “Alston Bird has someone who has done some work…