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Sun, 2010-03-14 00:01
Pennsylvania's congressional, U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races are without question the bellwether for this fall's midterm elections. Yet the results of state legislative races will impact the state's political fut
Sun, 2010-03-14 00:01
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. . Nobody but a beggar chooses to depend chiefly upon the benevolence of...
Sun, 2010-03-14 00:01
What if President Obama was willing to "show some love?"
Could he help grow our economy, and make the world a better place?
I'm not referring here to the President bowing to foreign heads of state. I'm not...
Sun, 2010-03-14 00:01
"Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent." Psalms 71:9 ESV
"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the...
Sun, 2010-03-14 00:01
Twenty-five years ago this weekend, Mikhail Gorbachev took the reins of power in the now defunct, late-but-not-lamented Soviet Union, upon the death of Konstantin Chernenko. It is an open question as to whether or not...
Sun, 2010-03-14 00:00
In the grand scheme of things — among all the wasteful, foolish, corrupting things engaged in by members of Congress — earmarks are one small item.
We read about the latest insider deals in the...
Sat, 2010-03-13 22:42
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." -Henry David Thoreau
God, I love fishing. I dig fishing almost as much as hunting (almost). I love it so much that I...
Sat, 2010-03-13 00:01
It's depressing that President Obama is the one calling the shots on the budget right now instead of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.).
Obama has created a "deficit commission" to address burgeoning U.S. debts that will be...
Sat, 2010-03-13 00:01
When the young John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States in 2005, he declined to put those gold stripes on his robes. They're the ones that the late William Rehnquist had devised to indicate his s
Sat, 2010-03-13 00:01
For the first time that I can remember, there were no politically charged comments at the Academy Awards ceremony last Sunday. And I was ready. We had left-wing bomb throwers like George Clooney, Sean Penn, Barbra...
Fri, 2010-03-12 17:42
The new Obama Fed is going to be very dovish when it comes to fighting future inflation and defending the value of the dollar.
The president has nominated Janet Yellen to be vice chair of the Federal Reserve....
Fri, 2010-03-12 16:29
In the days of the Soviet Union, children in schools learned that Russians invented the airplane and the refrigerator. They learned there was no God and that the glorious days of the union began and ended with Marxism....
Fri, 2010-03-12 16:27
On Thursday, March 11, 2010, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is the most liberal court in the history of the United States, upheld as constitutional the phrase, "One Nation Under God," found in the Pledge of A
Fri, 2010-03-12 15:03
I've seen more than a few boxes of Do-Si-Dos and Samoas around lately. It's hard to look askance at the Girl Scouts when there's so much sweetness in the air. But there is reason for keeping the Girl Scouts out of the...
Fri, 2010-03-12 11:16
We see them on the streets and in the mirror: middle-aged men wearing jeans and baseball caps. Grown men, dressing and -- all too often -- acting like boys.
So where did we, an immature generatio
Fri, 2010-03-12 11:12
Mr. Obama's term in office is like Disney's Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. His reckless policies and actions cause destruction to whatever he touches. He needs to be stopped.
Obama and his special-interest allies, especially...
Fri, 2010-03-12 11:06
Republicans were fired from their control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the election of 2006 for a number of reasons. Spending too much generally was one of them. Bloating appropriations bills with "earmarks"...
Fri, 2010-03-12 00:01
"Maybe it will take a woman to clean up the House," Nancy Pelosi boasted before the 2006 midterm elections. Looks like those XX chromosomes didn't give her much advantage over the old cleaning crew. The swamp she was...
Fri, 2010-03-12 00:01
Liz Cheney has stirred up a hornet's nest. The former vice president's daughter now runs a group called Keep America Safe, which last week released a video questioning the "values" of Obama Justice Department lawyers...
Fri, 2010-03-12 00:01
Though Bush 41 and Bush 43 often disagreed, one issue did unite them both with Bill Clinton: protectionism.
Globalists all, they rejected any federal measure to protect America's industrial base, economic...