Why Can’t Republicans in Congress Do the Right Thing?

Because “It’s too damn hard!” — at least for them

Tom Davis
My Side of the Aisle
6 min readDec 12, 2023

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Al Pacino as Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, photo from Law and Liberty

One of my favorite motion pictures is 1992’s Scent of a Woman. The film tells a touching story of an old Army officer who had been blinded in a training incident and whose descent into depression has led him to decide on suicide — but only after one final, wild weekend in New York City.

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Tom Davis
My Side of the Aisle

Tom Davis is a 1972 West Point graduate with a Master’s degree from Harvard University. He is author of the Cold War novels “Conclave” and “Empty Quiver”.