Washington Insight
This blog features insights into the people, policy and politics that make the nation’s capital tick. You’ll read the Washington office’s take on current events in the U.S. political sphere that impact the economy, SCOA’s business sectors and our relationships with American lawmakers.
August 29, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: With the 2025-2026 NFL football season kicking off next week, the open question is not whether the Philadelphia Eagles will ...
Read More August 15, 2025
By Stephen Pitalo
Thought of the Week: In his autobiography, when discussing how “figures often beguile” him, Mark Twain popularized the phrase “there are three kinds of ...
Read More August 8, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week As I mentioned last week, Congress is currently on its month-long August recess; coincidentally, yesterday marked the 200th day of ...
Read More August 1, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: Last week, I was able to escape the swamp-like conditions of Washington, D.C., and trade them for the near perdition-like ...
Read More July 18, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: Each morning, I receive an email that consolidates links to all of President Trump’s social media posts over the past ...
Read More July 11, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: Questions come in all shapes and forms. Close-ended questions can be answered yes-no or true-false; open-ended questions call for the ...
Read More July 3, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: In March 1992, then presidential candidate Bill Clinton famously told an activist who was heckling him at a rally, “I ...
Read More June 20, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Pictured above: The proper method for exchanging business cards in Japanese culture Thought of the Week: When I first joined SCOA years ago, there ...
Read More June 13, 2025
By James D. Winslow
pictured above: Winslow (far left) Lobbying U.S. Congressional Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) (center) Thought of the Week: This week, D.C. felt like D.C. ...
Read More June 6, 2025
By James D. Winslow
Thought of the Week: I live in Maryland’s 8th congressional district; my condo sits less than 12 miles from the White House, and the ...
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