November 17, 2010
Death of Common Sense
Several months ago, I wrote about a story about a little boy who was suspended from his grade school because he brought some toy soldiers into his classroom. The reason? Because the toy soldiers had little toy guns. It is...
November 16, 2010
Earmark Ban
Mitch McConnell bowed to reality with his statement on earmarks yesterday. It couldn’t have been easy and it shouldn’t have been. Earmarks are essential part of our Constitutional process. For any member of Congress (House or Senate) to willingly give...
November 15, 2010
The Class of the 112th Congress
Over the last four decades, there have been four huge classes on incoming Freshmen members of the House that are historically notable. The Class of 1974 swooped in as Watergate caved in around Richard Nixon and with it came a...
November 11, 2010
The Veteran’s Day Deficit Panel
It is altogether fitting and appropriate that the President’s deficit commission would start leaking its wish list on Veteran’s Day. After all, the number one issue facing America’s national security in the next century is our crippling debt. Ronald Reagan...
November 10, 2010
Quantitative Easing
I am about as qualified to talk about the technical intricacies of the Federal Reserve as Ben Bernanke is qualified to talk about the MTV show “Jersey Shore”. But that isn’t going to stop me from making a few observations...
November 9, 2010
Bush Revisited
Let’s posit right now that George W. Bush loves his parents, his wife, his kids, his siblings, his Maker and America, and all of that love is a good thing, and helps to make him a good person. You may...