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• Article: Obama’s Battle with Obesity

  I’ve never been a great dieter. I mean, the trick to losing weight is no big secret. When I really put my mind to it, eating healthy and exercising, I can always make the pounds come … Continue reading →

  

• Article: “Oh Lord, Give us Men with a Mandate Higher than the Ballot Box”

    The title of this column is a quote from Ezra Benson, a member of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s first cabinet.  It is an apt quote at a time when politicians on both sides of the … Continue reading →

  

• Article: An Open Letter to Wayne LaPierre

    First, I want to say that I am an Endowment Life Member of the NRA.  I am also a U. S. Army veteran with multiple tours in Southeast Asia and additional service in East Germany. … Continue reading →

  

• Article: Voting Rights

    Imagine for a moment that the members of your neighborhood held an election.  As a result of that election, your spouse was forced to cook tongue (beef), purple sweet potato and romanesco for tonight’s meal.  … Continue reading →

  

• Post: A search for stability in second-most-powerful job in Washington

  Vice President Biden’s ex-chief of staff and a former Democratic leader in the Senate are among the names being touted for the second-most-powerful job in Washington. White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew presently holds that … Continue reading →

  

• Post: What Congress did and didn’t do in its final week

    The 112th Congress has been one of the least productive in recent history. A look at what Congress has accomplished and left undone in its final week before leaving for the election campaign: ___ Accomplishments: … Continue reading →

  

• Post: How Obama Ignored Congress, and Misled America, on War in Libya

  The feature story that Michael Lewis just published about President Obama’s decisionmaking prior to the war in Libya includes a lot of details that inspire confidence in his leadership. By all accounts he’s intelligent, sober-minded, and … Continue reading →

  

• Article: Why Americans Do Not Trust Congress and Shouldn’t

    In nationwide polls, Congress regularly scores lower on the criterion of public trust than the president and the Supreme Court.  Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that Congress is the least trusted branch of … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Obama Administration Gives State Until Dec. 31 to Allocate $51.5M in Unspent Funds or Lose It

  The Obama administration is giving Alabama until Dec. 31 to allocate $51.5 million in unspent federal money for high-priority transportation projects — the highest total of any state — or lose the funds. Alabama’s unspent total … Continue reading →

  

• Post: Suit Seeks Documents in Gun-Trafficking Case

  A House committee filed a civil suit Monday seeking to override President Barack Obama’s first invocation of executive privilege and force the Justice Department to turn over documents related to a bungled gun-trafficking operation called Fast … Continue reading →

  

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