Reviving power of American dream 0
What is your personal American dream? Home ownership? Job security? Retirement?
For many, the American dream is having a good home and getting a decent-paying job.
Like my parents before me, I believe the American dream is also the ability to give your children a better life. In the middle of all the recent hyper-partisanship, we’ve forgotten the principles and goals that truly make us who we are.
Read MoreFortieth Anniversary 0
Today, marks the 40th anniversary of the ratification of the 26th Amendment to the Constitution, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18. Though it only took 100 days to ratify the amendment, the battle to lower the voting age was years in the making. Rep. Jennings Randolph, a Democrat from West Virginia, introduced […]
Read MoreBachmann ready to get her hair combed? 0
Michele Bachmann emerged from CNN’s first Republican debate with praise from Republican activists. The Minnesota congresswoman — who famously told her constituents that Congress, in order to understand their opposition to Obamacare, needs “to see the whites of your eyes” — earned the post-debate plaudits with a controlled performance that lead some to write that the Republican field is returning to “sanity.”
Read MoreYes, I said Palin for president 0
In my last column, I presented reasons why Sarah Palin should not be dismissed as a presidential hopeful. Because one column alone couldn’t cover everything, I offer another cluster of reasons below, starting with an important one: She has time.
Read MoreWhatever she lacks, Palin has media savvy 0
Once again, everybody in the mainstream media has been talking nonstop about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin, whose nomination in 2008 helped turn a four-car funeral into a hit parade, deserves credit for re-entering what is sure to be a media bonanza worthy of competing with the summer’s biggest blockbusters.
Read MoreAttention GOP hopefuls… Anyone out there? 0
“There’s no one to pick from,” one man was saying to another. That was the telling comment my neighbor overheard at the pet hospital about the 2012 Republican presidential contest.
Read MoreFormer House Speaker Gingrich is no Boy Scout 0
Former Speaker New Gingrich jumped into the 2012 Republican Presidential race this week—and his parachute failed to open. As of today, he is spinning and plunging to a crash landing.
Read MoreTrump: The Big Bang Theory 0
You see, Trump fully adopts the ‘Birther’ movement. For the uninitiated, this has nothing to do with Lamaze, but rather is a conspiracy theory that holds President Obama was not born in the US and is therefore, an illegal President.
Read MoreA federal budget our way, or else 0
Long gone are the days of legendary Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. For incoming freshmen representatives who asked how to get on the Speaker’s good side, the rule was, “To get along, you go along.”
Read MoreCharlie White’s Indictment: Piercing the Veil of “Voter Fraud” 0
Last week, Indiana indicted its Secretary of State Charlie White on seven felony counts, including three counts of “voter fraud” and charges of theft and perjury.
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