Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

At a time when common, everyday Americans seem to be losing their voice, the world stage may very well turn to Kevin Skinner, a ‘chicken catcher’ from rural Kentucky. Former mobile phone salesman Paul Potts introduces himselfto the world on Britain’s Got Talent in 2007. I’m the first one that will tell you that most [...]

Despite Consequences, Sen. Franken a Net Loss for the Left

Senator Al Franken. I don’t like it. But it could end up being a good thing. Am I crazy? After all, doesn’t Franken provide the Democrats with a filibuster-proof majority? Perhaps, and of course it does. However, at this point I get the feeling as though every move made by the Democrats to spend more [...]

Honduras and Barack Obama’s ‘Justice’-Driven Foreign Policy

Central American ‘coup’ provides answer for many conservatives who maintain that the administration’s approach to foreign policy is non-existent or, at best, inconsistent — in reality, it’s quite the opposite Since the weekend, I’ve been following the ongoing political situation in Honduras with interest and curiosity. Reading that the United Nations adopted a resolution today [...]

An Essential Path to be Taken

Can the Republican Party emerge as truly being post-racial in a race-sensitive climate cultivated by divisiveness from the left? By Jesse CivelloAmerica’s Right It started out as nothing out of the ordinary, simply a routine political meeting. Things quickly became much more than that, much more than a habitual gathering of political thought, much more [...]

First Amendment, Political Gamesmanship on SCOTUS Docket This Fall

U.S. Supreme Court to re-hear campaign finance case this fall, matter could have wide-ranging political consequences for years to come Interesting. Politico.com is reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court will in September re-hear a case challenging campaign finance restrictions on corporate-funded campaign ads. Given that a hotly-contested 2010 midterm election will, at that point, be [...]

Darned Flat-Earther

Assigned Reading: Sen. Inhofe Calls for Inquiry Into ‘Suppressed’ Climate Change Report (FROM: Fox News) Consider me unsurprised. A political agency such as the EPA would suppress information that counters its own views and political perspective? Ohmigosh. What I did find incredible was the derision with which the EPA dismissed the report. “It was something [...]

‘Tanned, Rested and Ready’

Assigned Reading: Mitt Romney’s Team Awaits 2012 (FROM: Politico) Before going any further, let me say that I’m not certain I’d like a president who has made it his life’s work to get to the office. That’s what has bothered me slightly about Newt Gingrich, who constantly looks as though he is preening for the [...]

Energy Czar Carol Browner Hasn’t Read it, Either

This is from Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends program this morning, specifically from an interview of Obama administration energy czar Carol Browner. Anchor Steve Doocy has a simple question for Ms. Browner — whether or not she read the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill. Here’s the transcript of the brief exchange: STEVE DOOCY: “I know the [...]

An In-Depth Look at Health Care Reform

I can talk for hours about national security, foreign policy, energy issues, political gamesmanship and the law. I’m even learning more about economics now than I did throughout all of my schooling combined. But if you ever want to shut me up, or at least have me turn down the volume a little bit, ask [...]

The America’s Right Health Care Glossary

My endless thanks to new contributor William Harvey for lending his industry expertise to America’s Right. My hope is that, as William continues to contribute, this reference guide will grow. See, when it comes to health care, I’m learning as much from him as you are, and that’s a great, great thing. — Jeff GLOSSARY [...]

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