by design | Sep 13, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Republicans are not especially plentiful in Maryland, and GOP candidates have always had to swim upstream to win elections in the Free State. Phillips Lee Goldsborough was no exception, and he managed something no other Republican has accomplished to date:...
by design | Sep 7, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Both political parties had selected their respective nominees for the United States Senate in New York. Republicans had once again nominated Senator Kenneth B. Keating, who had served for twelve years in the House of Representatives before winning a...
by design | Aug 30, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Hillary Clinton was not the first outsider to shop for a seat in the United States Senate from New York; that distinction belonged to Robert F. Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. Robert Kennedy had been the assistant legal counsel to...
by design | Aug 23, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Kenneth Barnard Keating looked like Hollywood’s stereotypical version of a United States senator; stocky, white-haired, with an air of dignity about him. During Keating’s lifetime, he was a successful candidate for public office frequently and was a...
by design | Aug 16, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill The final report of the Reece Committee, which had been charged by the U.S. House of Representatives with the task of investigating the ties between tax-exempt foundations and the American education establishment, set off a firestorm. The disdain...
by design | Aug 9, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Carroll Reece, congressman from Tennessee’s First Congressional District, a 30-year veteran of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Republican National Committeeman for the Volunteer State, headed a special select committee. Originally, the committee...