Category: Column

Dishonesty, lying and cheating are not treated with the right amount of opprobrium in today’s society. To gain an appreciation for the significance of honesty and trust, consider what our day-to-day lives would be like if we couldn’t trust anyone. When we purchase a bottle of 100 pills from our pharmacist, how many of us […]

Displaying their ignorance of the U.S. Constitution, Democratic bigwigs are excoriating Republican members of the House of Representatives for attaching a condition — no Obamacare — to a stopgap bill to fund the government when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called it “extortion”. Sen. Steny Hoyer labeled it […]

The Republican base must not require its representatives in Congress to run off a cliff and commit suicide as the price of avoiding a primary challenge in 2014. The tea party must not eat its young. The polling shows that there are nowhere near the preconditions that would have to be in place for a […]

PARIS — You’re probably thinking that there are better things to watch than the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly — like maybe something featuring narcissistic birdbrains or pretentious toddlers. But you can actually get all of the above this week by tuning into the webcast of this annual gathering of world leaders. […]

In September, the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors voted to secede from the State of California. “Many proposed laws are unconstitutional and deny us our God-given rights,” said one attendee at the council meeting. “We need our own state so we can make laws that fit our way of life.” A few weeks later, the […]

The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) sent a letter to the United States Senate, urging members to ratify the actions of the House of Representatives and pass the FY 2014 Continuing Resolution, H. J. Res. 59, sponsored by Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.). The continuing resolution would end all revenue streams for the Affordable […]

This has been the worst time, politically, for President Barack Obama since he took office. Recent polls reveal that public confidence in both his domestic and foreign policies has been falling, amid revelations about their defects and dangers. Even people who once supported and defended him have now turned against him. There have even been […]

The other day, I was thinking about leaders, in everything from the White House to my own house to countries such as Syria to companies such as Apple. I was reflecting upon revolutionaries, from Nelson Mandela to Rosa Parks to the single parent of three who inspires her or his children with hard work and […]

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be next week or the next year?” Will it be when Obamacare has metastasized into every sector of our economy? “Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire […]

With this weekend’s massacre by Muslim terrorists at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and Muslim terrorists killing about 80 Christians at a Christian church in Pakistan, most people wonder what, if anything in addition to a continuing war on terror, can be done to minimize the scourge of Islamic terror. The answer lies with Muslims […]

You can tell who the keepers of American culture are by, among other things, the anniversaries they mark. We’re currently being invited to revel in memories of the “iconic” tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, the so-called “Battle of the Sexes”. Robin Roberts of ABC News recalled King’s “stunning triumph”. ESPN explained […]

Liz Cheney, political pundit and daughter of a former vice president, might have trouble unseating three-term GOP Sen. Mike Enzi in the Wyoming primary next year. On vacation in Casper last week, I had dinner at Bosco’s, where owner Susan Bosco proudly displays signed photos of local political luminaries — including Enzi, Sen. John Barrasso, […]

President Obama pledged to end partisanship, but instead has exacerbated it. He recently accused House Republicans of being extortionists for opposing a raise in the debt ceiling and wanting to defund Obamacare. Dictionary.com defines extortion as “the crime of obtaining money or some other thing of value by the abuse of one’s office or authority.” […]

America has gone back to isolationism, many commentators are saying. Not just the dovish Democrats, but also Republicans who were so hawkish a decade ago are turning away from the world. There is something to this, but it’s more complicated than that. To understand where we are, it’s helpful to put today’s developments in historic […]

Many have spoken out about the dangers of Obamacare — from: Dr. Chauncey Crandall: to the: ACLJ… and now The Libertarian Party calls on members of the U.S. House and Senate to defund the program. “Incumbent politicians – especially Republicans with a majority in the House – will have no excuse if they refuse to fully defund Obamacare,” […]

According to a new Gallup poll, 55 percent of Americans say they have little to no confidence that they can rely on mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.” Forty-six percent say the media is too liberal and just 13 percent think it’s too conservative. Justification for this public sentiment is evident […]

If there’s one thing liberals/progressives can’t handle it is being held to their own standards. They support higher taxes but shelter their wealth in trusts and tax havens, which already is earned and no longer taxable as income, so they can avoid the death tax. They claim “the rich” aren’t paying their “fair share” and […]

On Constitution Day, Tuesday, September 17, 2013, author and long-time Christian advocate Sandra Lee Snowden prayed in front of the Capitol steps in Washington, D.C. to inspire Christians across America to rally behind their faith.David Cerullo of INSP, and other religious Americans have spoken of the need for outspoken religious leaders. Sandra fought for three […]

His neck and underarms were swollen. His skin itched, particularly on his arms. Sleeping at night was impossible. The symptoms started five years ago. He was 50 then. He’d been fit and healthy all his life. The diagnosis was not pleasant. He had contracted chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a cancer, says: mayoclinic.com: , of the blood and […]

Billionaires for Cheap Labor-that’s how Facebook’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s Washington D.C. trip should have been labeled. Zuckerberg met with Congress’ most influential leaders to push for comprehensive immigration reform, suddenly his favorite cause. Rolling two lies into one sentence, Zuckerberg insisted that increasing the H-1B visa cap “isn’t the big point” but that […]

Liberals at MSNBC and dozens of web sites are shocked at President Obama’s “problem with his tone” in politically attacking Republicans over spending while a mentally ill murderer was gunning down citizens at the Navy Yard. The President does not have a “problem with his tone.” Yes, his politically-driven insensitivity made the country wince, but […]

The Idiots Against Guns in the media and Congress overdid it this time. Not wanting to miss a chance to politicize a shooting tragedy, the anti-gun nuts went berserk: Mondaywhen news broke that a man had gone on a rampage at a D.C. naval base and killed 12 people. Long before the facts were known or […]

From the ACLJ to medical professionals like: Dr. Chauncey Crandall,: there are major concerns when it comes to Obamacare. ObamaCare’s failures are impossible to deny. The bloated federal bureaucracy simply cannot implement its provisions on time, and now the Obama Administration has decided to favor corporations over individuals by delaying the employer insurance mandate while enforcing the […]

For California’s illegal immigrants, September is off to a rewarding start. On September 4, in a shocking vote to undermine safety and to erode federal immigration law enforcement, the California Assembly passed AB 4, the so-called TRUST Act. AB 4 would prohibit state and local police from honoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers in […]

Presidents tend to set the agenda for their parties. Most of the party’s members of Congress tend to go along. This has been increasingly the case as Americans over the last two decades have got out of the habit of splitting their tickets and have voted, in proportions not seen since the 1940s, entirely for […]

I know something about government shutdowns. President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Leon Panetta, George Stephanopoulos and I defended the last attempt to shut it down. If the Republicans try to shutdown the government to press for defunding of Obamacare, they will lose. The public will turn against the Republicans, and they will have to cave […]

According to reports, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan has been urging his colleagues to back off on the budget fight and focus on a debt ceiling showdown. In exchange for an increase in the legal limit on federal government borrowing, Ryan believes that the GOP can demand a series of items, starting with a […]

The only real accountability for the Benghazi scandal will have to come in 2016. Reading through the competing partisan reports and listening to the congressional testimony of various officials this week, it seems fair to say that no actual crimes were committed (though you never know what you don’t know). There were, in at least […]