The Obvious Solution

Election campaigns are firing up and the budget and debt ceiling debates continue to gain steam as the political world grinds along.  Every day I'm convinced I've heard all possible explanations…

EPA Gets Cut in Spending Deal

There has been a vociferous debate in both the House and Senate over whether the Environmental Protection Agency should have the power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.  While the effort…

In Urgent Need of Balanced Budget Amendment

We all know the circumstances that have led to our dire fiscal straits. The federal government led by its liberal purveyors of the preceding 110th Congress, have been on a…

Wisconsin Battle Transcends Unions

The protests in Wisconsin remind us of issues that transcend unions, pensions and budgets.  It is the often neglected principles of the rule of law and fairness.  As former AFL-CIO…

Double Down on Spending

After 3 years of prodigious deficits, gratuitous spending and a midterm election shellacking, the American people expected a semblance of fiscal discipline.  President Obama, with his new found political capital,…

Tea Party activists set stage for 2010

This past weekend, over 60 Tea Party activists from across the country gathered for the Liberty Leadership Summit, a two day conference at FreedomWorks.