Doing What’s Right vs. Doing What’s Convenient

Mass had not quite begun this past Sunday morning when I suddenly saw the woman -  who I have, in many ways, always considered a second mother -  approach me and sit down next to me.  We hadn’t seen one another for a short bit, mainly because I usually attend the 11:30, and I believe she [...]

ObamaCare Stifles Small Business

GOP.gov Policy News: ObamaCare and Small Employers Less than three months before the congressional midterm elections in November, House Republicans are still actively trying to remind the American public that the health care reform bill forced through the House and Senate by the Democrats only a few months ago is short on benefits and long [...]

Layoffs, Job Losses, and Obama Statement Expiration Dates

Some mornings are easier than others.  While I kick back and enjoy my coffee for a change, check out this great compilation of unfortunate facts from the folks at the House Republican Conference.  First, a look at what the House GOP calls “an overdose of layoffs and job losses”: U.S. employers have warned that President [...]

Oh, Deere! My Caterpillar!

JohnDeere.com: Deere Says New Health Care Reform Law Will Increase 2010 Expense by $150 Million After Tax MOLINE, Illinois (March 25, 2010) — Deere & Company announced today that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law this week will adversely impact its expenses for fiscal 2010. As a result of the legislation, the company’s [...]

Obama Administration Places Three-Year Moratorium on Offshore Drilling

As the rest of the nation buzzed about matters of health care reform and political gamesmanship, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar quietly explained to reporters last week that the United States government will delay any new lease plan for oil drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf until at least 2012.  This is a significant [...]

Bunning’s Last Stand

“How do you negotiate with the irrational?” That question is the official response from the White House, proffered by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, with regard to the political theater unfolding today on the floor of the U.S. Senate surrounding the so-called “Jobs” bill, a $10 billion spending sweepstakes The “irrational” one referred to by Gibbs [...]

ABC’s Lesson to Learn

Agence France-Presse: ABC News to Cut Staff in ‘Transformation’ of News Division For more than a day, I ignored this headline on the Drudge Report.  It just wasn’t all that surprising to me.  After all, newsrooms across the country–whether they be in print or television–have been cutting back for a while now, and ratings for [...]

Almost An ‘I Told You So’

Reuters: New U.S. Senator Helps Democrats Advance Jobs Bill A modest job-creation bill advanced in the U.S. Senate on Monday as the chamber’s newest Republican bucked his party and sided with Democrats on a $15 billion package of tax cuts and highway spending. Republican Scott Brown joined four other Republicans, 55 Democrats and two independents [...]

A ‘Stimulating’ Anniversary Come And Gone

Alas, the one-year anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has come and gone.  The only recovery, as it seems, has involved a renewed sense of patriotism and adherence to conservative and libertarian values, ideas and ideals among Americans concerned about the direction in which the nation is headed.  And the [...]

AR Interviews: Laurence Verga, Congressional Candidate for VA-5

Traditionally, nationalizing elections has been difficult, barred by apathy and inadequate technological means.  This is a new era, however, and as gubernatorial victories in New Jersey and Virginia gave way to the election for New York’s 23rd congressional district, which in turn led to Scott Brown’s improbable triumph in Massachusetts, I’m genuinely beginning to wonder [...]

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