Mar 11, 2010
Today, Washington is so focused on expanding the size and influence of our federal government at the expense of taxpayers that they are overlooking one of the greatest security risks facing our nation our failing education system.
Our broken education system is failing...
Mar 4, 2010
Well, the not-so-surprising news of the week out of Washington is that President Obama is now calling on Congress to schedule a straight vote on the Democrats' healthcare reform measure.
The new twist is that Democrats now recognize that their flawed plan, which has been...
Feb 25, 2010
Many grass-roots Republicans, independents, and tea party members across the country are beginning to feel a hint of buyer's remorse over the most recent addition to United States Senate: Republican Scott Brown of Massachusetts.
This week, Brown voted in support of a...
Feb 17, 2010
This past week I've been making the rounds to talk about something that was very important to my father, and which is very important to me: the strength and power of a grass-roots movement of ordinary citizens.
In the past year, we have seen again and again the power...
Jan 27, 2010
We are speeding toward an economic cliff because our government can't practice restraint.
We spend so much more than we take in because politicians at every level use the public treasury to win elections. The public mostly accepts lavish promises of more and more federal...
Jan 21, 2010
On Tuesday, the voters of the commonwealth of Massachusetts sent an incredibly powerful message to the Democrats in Washington that their out-of-control spending and efforts to rush through healthcare legislation will not be tolerated by the electorate.
In a stunning...
Jan 14, 2010
As you have no doubt heard, a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near her capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday afternoon. It was the strongest earthquake to hit Haiti since 1770, and two of its aftershocks were nearly as intense.
The damage is horrific, and...
Jan 7, 2010
This country is on alert now in a way it has not been for almost nine years.Between the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack, the bombing of the CIA headquarters in Yemen, and near-daily airport scares, we have been forcefully reminded that a real war against terror...