May 23, 2011
Plenty on Pawlenty
With Mitch Daniels out of the race, Republican establishment operatives are now trying to figure out which candidate they are going to support; either financially, emotionally or with blood, sweat and tears. Presumably, Mitt Romney won’t get much of that...
May 20, 2011
Israel
About a decade ago, I visited the Golan Heights as part of a broader trip that took me all around Israel. Back then, visiting Israel brought out a jumble of emotions. Fear was never far from the surface. Awe came...
May 19, 2011
Audit Uncle Sam
Where does our money go? In 1994, Congressional Republicans promised during the campaign to audit the books of the House of Representatives in their famous Contract with America. This promise came in response to years of financial mismanagement and scandal....
May 18, 2011
Men Behaving Badly
The best show on television, in my humble opinion, is “The Good Wife.” Julianna Margulies and Chris Noth star as a political power couple thrown on the rocks by a sex scandal. Based loosely on the troubles that faced Eliot...
May 17, 2011
A Grand Bargain
The single best thing President Obama could do to ensure his reelection is sign a bill that would cut Medicare. It wouldn’t hurt if the bill included some tax increases, defense cuts and perhaps a plan to reform Medicaid. I...
May 16, 2011
Huckabee
Mike Huckabee looked into the mirror and decided he didn’t want to be President. And then he went on the Fox Network and informed the thousands of people who watch his program on Saturday night of his decision. I wasn’t...