Archive for the ‘Government’ Category
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The Bipartisan Health Care Mirage
Posted on March 18, 2010
I had a brief chat with Dennis Kucinich and his wife last night at the Radio Television Correspondents Dinner. While I rarely agree with Mr. Kucinich, I think he is...
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Putting Conservative Values Into Action
Posted on March 17, 2010
Last night, I shook the hand of a person who ought to be a true hero of the conservative movement. Nope, it wasn’t Glenn Beck. It wasn’t Rush Limbaugh. It...
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The Corrupt Bargain
Posted on March 16, 2010
In 1824, the House of Representatives awarded the Presidency to John Quincy Adams after Henry Clay, who was then the House Speaker, concluded that he wouldn’t be President and cut...
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Can the House trust the Senate? (From CNN)
Posted on March 12, 2010
Washington (CNN) — When the Founding Fathers decided to create a bicameral legislative branch, they were trying to make things difficult for the federal government to grab power from the...
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America’s Mid-Life Crisis
Posted on March 10, 2010
I have a theory. America is going through its version of a mid-life crisis. According to Wikipedia, the term midlife crisis was first coined “in 1965 by Elliott Jaques and...
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