June 14, 2011

Flag Day 2011

June 14th is Flag Day, but for most Americans Flag Day passes by unnoticed or with very little thought given to this annual holiday.  Although Flag Day is observed nationwide, it is a legal holiday in only a few areas of this...

February 8, 2011

'Spice' -- the dangerous new teen drug

Making inroads among students in school systems across the nation is a new drug known as "spice." Also known as K2, spice is a mixture of herbs and spices that typically is sprayed with a synthetic compound chemically similar to T...

December 27, 2010

Wicked holiday travel mocks global warming

Two days before Christmas the Obama administration moved unilaterally toward two go-it-along policies little noticed by the public and most likely timed to be missed by most Americans pre-occupied in preparing for Christmas Day:...

December 25, 2010

9/11 Health Care Bill: Compassion admirable, but future bills demand scrutiny

The Lame-Duck session of the 111th Congress was anything but lame as Congress was able to pass several major pieces of legislature before its adjournment. In its wrap up session on Wednesday, December 22, the lame-duck Congress approved a...

August 14, 2010

$600 million emergency border funding an election year political palliative

Yesterday, Friday, August 13, President Obama signed a bill to provide $600 million in emergency funding to help secure the U. S. Mexico border.The House had already approved the measure, but the Senate was able to pass the bill by "unanimous co...

June 10, 2010

Reining in the EPA

Why is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) under the direction of Janet Jackson escaping critical coverage over its lack of oversight of the Deepwater Horizon oil catstrophe?  According to the "National Oil and Hazardous Substanc...

May 22, 2010

Report from the Heartland Institute Climate Change Conference

Most likely American Thinker readers are aware that the Heartland Institute held its Fourth International Conference on Climate Change earlier in the week - May 16 - 18.  I'm still feeling electrified from the impact the event had on me.The Hear...

April 8, 2010

The Tea Party Express III rolls along on schedule to D.C.

Not all that long ago dissent was considered the highest form of patriotism, a remark often attributed to Thomas Jefferson.  That was in years past when anti-Iraq fervor ran high among members of the Democrat Party.  Back then to prote...

March 31, 2010

Obama's Offshore Oil Feint

What is behind Obama's announcement of today to support off-shore oil drilling?    Later on this morning President Obama will be announcing his support off-shore oil drilling.  His announcement will open a door to expanded of...

September 23, 2009

Obama snubs America's exceptionalism

President Obama's first address to the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 23, can only be described as a renunication of American exceptionalism.  Obama essentially gave up his nation in favor of being leader of the world when he told wor...

August 17, 2009

Could co-ops be a Trojan Horse?

The big media announcement this morning is that Obama is backing off the public option as part of a new health care system in a bow to political reality. Such was the impression given by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and White...

June 28, 2009

Betrayed by my Republican Congressman

There is much outrage in the 10th District where I live.  My 10th District congressman, Mark Kirk, has the dubious distinction of being the only Republican member of the Illinois congressional delegation, and one of only eight...

June 22, 2009

Economic downside of Waxman-Markey bill

President Obama is urging U.S. lawmakers before their month-long summer vacation on Aug. 3rd to come up with bills on health care reform and global warming.  The 942-page Waxman-Markey energy bill in the House -- known as "The Ame...

April 26, 2009

Democrats' Stealth Approach to Universal Health Care

What ever happened to Preisdent Obama's promise of an open government?   All Americans should be concerned about the partisan Democrat shenanigans taking place this weekend.   Congressional leaders and the White Hou...

January 8, 2009

Obama displayed ignorance while promising miracles

Upon listening to president-elect Barack Obama as he addressed the nation this morning about the state of this nation's economy and what is needed to fix it, I was appalled by Obama's ignorance.  Rush Limbaugh on his radio program in the af...

May 16, 2008

Can McCain be tamed?

McCain is behaving like a wild mustang, untamed and unbridled, which gives support to his claim of maverick status. Republicans are being told to toe the line and be loyal Republicans. Often mentioned is an admonishment not to speak evil of fellow Re...

July 6, 2007

Independence Day - more than a day-long celebration

As predictable as night turning into day, July 4th--also known as Independence Day and declared a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1870--arrived like clockwork this year. People all over America celebrated much like Philadelphians d...