February 12, 2025

When it takes 12 days to get your mail...

Recently, using the U.S. Postal Service, I conducted some family business with a cousin who lives in Tucson, Arizona.  The papers he sent me were postmarked January 31.  The envelope arrived in Topeka, Kansas on February 11. ...

June 7, 2013

Posing the Wrong Question

At a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) acknowledged that staff members at the IRS made mistakes in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, calling their actions "inept" and "stupid," but he ...

August 25, 2010

Another polling idea for the MSM

The main stream media have been in an uproar over the poll results suggesting that approximately one in five Americans believe President Obama is a Muslim. Their incredulity stems from the fact that Obama professes to be a Christian. Therefore, the...

June 29, 2010

A telling answer

In Tuesday's confirmation hearing, nominee Elena Kagan revealed her thoughts on our right to free speech.  While in a discussion with Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on the reach of the federal government to curtail political speech Solicitor General...

May 29, 2010

How Did We Get There?

How did we get there? That is the question posed by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to Supreme Court Justice Nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearing. The "there" Senator Coburn was asking about is the situation where the individua...

May 22, 2010

ICE chief's threat does not constitute 'faithful execution of the law'

An appointee of the President openly stated that he and his agency will not necessarily accept illegal immigrants presented to him by Arizona officials.At high noon on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, President-Elect Obama stood before the nation with his ...

March 30, 2010

What we'd like to hear from executives called to testify about Obamacare

What we'd like to hear from executives called to testify about Obamacare:On the issue of differing opinions on the effect of the bill:Mr. Chairman, obviously, our company experts have an opinion different from the one your experts have of the effect ...