Jan 25, 2012
On Tuesday night America saw the almost-perfect Republican candidate.
No, it was not Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, whose rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech declared that the GOP's mission must be to save the safety net of liberal social...
Jan 6, 2012
Three of the top four winners in Iowa's Republican caucuses Tuesday night have given at least some support to the idea of returning the United States to a gold standard, a policy considered by President Ronald Reagan.
If one of them becomes president, we might soon see...
Nov 9, 2011
What more could Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain have done at Tuesday's press conference to respond to accusations by four women?
I have never acted inappropriately with anyone, the former corporate executive told the nation. His straightforward declaration...
Oct 3, 2011
If democracy means electing leaders who are most similar to a majority of citizens, then New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie could win the presidency by a crushing margin in November 2012.
Sixty-eight percent of adult Americans are overweight, and more than a third of adult...
Aug 24, 2011
This Friday, the world s investors will turn their eyes to Jackson Hole, Wyo., and its annual gathering of central bankers, where Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke will give a Delphic speech about how the Fed now sees America s economy.
Experts will dissect...
Jul 25, 2011
Civilizations die from suicide, not murder, wrote historian Arnold J. Toynbee.
These words came to mind as we watched the weekend's partisan duel over how and whether to limit the American government's crazed spendaholism.
President Barack Obama, whose Democratic Party...
Jun 14, 2011
Here are a few random impressions of the CNN/WMUR/Manchester Union-Leader GOP presidential debate Monday night in New Hampshire.
All the Republican candidates came across as articulate and competent.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney exhibited impressive presidential...
Jun 8, 2011
Laws are like sausages it is better not to see either being made is a saying often misattributed to 19th century German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the founding father of the European welfare state.
Today we have the worst of both these worlds: two congressional...