Author’s Note: What follows is a reprint of Kathleen Parker’s Washington Post article of November 18, 2011. Please note my commentary following her article. The Palinization of the GOP The headline on Democratic strategist Paul Begala’s recent Newsweek essay dodged…
We Just Made It Easy For The Rich To Pay More Taxes
If you are rich (or even feeling rich) you should definitely pay more taxes! That’s what Warren Buffett and his friends are saying. Senator John Kerry said “it would be unconscionable if the rich do not pay more”. He became wealthy himself…
Candidates Thanksgiving Family Forum in Iowa
The Family Leader, a Christian family advocacy group, hosted the Thanksgiving Family Forum for the GOP candidates in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, 11/19/2011. Six of the GOP presidential hopefuls sat in the sanctuary of First Federated Church last night…
Corruption in Washington Alive and Thriving
The stench of corruption in Washington is rising. In my posting of 10/27/2011, Insider Trading Legal for Members of Congress, I wrote of this blatant and self-serving abuse of power. On Friday, Sarah Palin blasted rampant corruption in Washington calling…
To Understand America’s Growing Nanny State, Read Brave New World and 1984
The twentieth century gave us two visions of a dystopian future. Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984. For many years it was assumed that 1984 was the more prophetic tale. But no more. The totalitarianism of 1984…
NRA Endangering Our 2nd Amendment Rights….Again
Every organization should excel at something. The NRA has once again flexed their muscles and once again is endangering our 2nd Amendment rights. I’m sure there was jubilation in NRAville as they bullied and badgered House members to vote for their…


