March 27, 2013
Empty Votes, Dangerous Promises
It was a good thing that the Senate finally passed a budget last week. I guess. The Senate budget resolution was unique in that the Upper Body passed a budget resolution before the President actually proposed his own budget, probably...
March 26, 2013
The Long Slog
Probably the best thing for Republicans would be for the Supreme Court to rule that gay marriage is legal and let us all move on, but I don’t think that is going to happen. The media is completely focused on...
March 25, 2013
Ben Carson for Maryland Governor Might Be the Prescription for Victory in 2014
Being a conservative Republican in Maryland is an exercise in frustration. The Old Line State is my home and I love it dearly, but its political situation drives me batty. I’ve only seen one Republican governor in my life, while...
March 25, 2013
The Coming Nanny State
The welfare state begets the nanny state. I was thinking about this fact in the context of the Mayor of New York, the immigration debate and our national debt. Michael Bloomberg may or may not care about the personal...
March 21, 2013
The Iconoclast
According to Wikipedia, “An iconoclast is someone who engages in iconoclasm—destruction of religious symbols or, by extension, established dogma or conventions.” Rand Paul is the original Republican iconoclast. And his iconoclasm might possible carry him to the GOP nomination. Paul...
March 21, 2013
Rocket-Science. Not.
This is not rocket science, people. Mitt Romney didn’t win the election because he couldn’t convince enough people that he would be a better President than Barack Obama. Had Mitt Romney been a better candidate, we would be having a...