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The results of our political culture 4 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
The best argument against politics is the results. Our values are reflected in our culture and in our politics. Those values lead to certain results. The following are lists that I think demonstrate t...
The sequester in review 1 Aug 2013 | 08:06 am
I put together this little trip down memory lane mostly through articles that appeared on Reuters new services on various dates staring in March of 2011 and running through July 2013. The midterm ele...
Creepy 1 Jul 2013 | 07:40 am
According to a witness at the Zimmerman trial, the victim referred to George Zimmerman as “a creepy ass cracker” moments before he was shot and killed. Most of the attention regarding that statement ...
Inconvenienced Congressmen Break Legislative Speed Record 1 May 2013 | 07:43 am
So maybe they didn't break an actual record, but it was the fastest Congress has moved to accomplish anything since 2009. Last week, much to the amazement of budget chicken hawks, the sequester brough...
Jodi Arias Trial: Who Cares? 24 Mar 2013 | 06:32 pm
Apparently someone cares, otherwise CNN Headline News (now know by the moniker HLN) would not have dedicated all of their air time to this one story. Once upon a time Headline News cared about actual...
Sequester week is almost upon us 21 Feb 2013 | 07:22 am
Next week's national agenda includes panic and hand-wringing over sequestration, featuring non-stop coverage of all the horrors and calamities that await us on March 2. I need to go ahead and warn all...
Plan 'C'? 28 Dec 2012 | 09:40 am
Watching Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell exchange verbal jabs with one another on the floor of the Senate today just reaffirmed for me how petty and dysfunctional Congress has become. In a few days, th...
Putin: No Babies for You 22 Dec 2012 | 09:50 am
This week in a press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced support for a measure passed by the Russian Parliament which would outlaw adoption of Russian children by U.S. parents. The po...
Avoiding the fiscal cliff with capital gains compromise 17 Dec 2012 | 09:23 am
On January 1st, taxes are going up on everyone. All Congress has to do to make this happen is what Congress does best: nothing. The President has made it clear that as part of any deal to avoid the f...
Do away with the 2nd amendment 15 Dec 2012 | 12:22 am
I've always defended the right to bear arms. My defense has been along the lines that the constitution gives citizens the right to own a weapon. In the DC Handgun case, for example, I was in complete ...
