Do you remember the shooting in Arizona where Democrat Gabby Giffords and eighteen others were gunned down in a supermarket shopping center in 2011? Of course you do; it was all over the news. It took only a few hours after […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The perennial political question highlighted by the current presidential campaign is whether it’s possible for the average Joe or Jane to play a role in the founder’s vision of a citizen legislature. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney will wage a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
America-Afghanistan relations have sunk to a new low as Afghan President Hamid Karzai ordered U.S. and NATO troops to withdraw from the countryside to their bases. The implications of the demand by Karzai are still being evaluated by coalition leaders […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like Washington as usual? Then Chuck Schumer’s your hero! You might not agree with Newt Gingrich’s statements about the federal court system, but the politics involved is downright repugnant. One more example of Washington corruption, this time a tasty morsel of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tea Party be damned! The Democrats and Republicans will spend with abandon this Holiday season to avoid being labeled uncaring. The House and Senate are set to spend approximately $120 billion to extend the payroll tax “holiday,” plus up to $50 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In 1976, following the Watergate scandal and the placeholder administration of Gerald Ford, the country cried out for a change from the politics of Washington. A little known governor from the state of Georgia, a graduate of the Naval Academy […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The U.S. Senate is a train wreck. The partisanship of the majority Leader Harry Reid has reached new levels as he killed the only piece of legislation currently written to address the debt limit. Using a Senate maneuver Friday morning, a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Let’s get this out of the way quickly. Nothing. As long as you don’t pollute the concept of dollars in versus dollars out by throwing in other non-related issues into the mix. Does that mean that a balanced budget amendment shouldn’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…