My Father’s War Stories Shared to Honor Veterans

On the occasion of Veterans Day 2009, I pay honor to those who’ve served and/or paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing a series of war stories that holds a special value in my heart,...

Arrgh! AMA Joins AARP in Support of Public Option

It came as no surprise to learn this morning that the American Medical Association announced its support for concurrent passage of two health care reform bills in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Sadly, the...

Video Offers Global Warming Education Basics

If you’re feeling guilty about your so-called “carbon footprint,” you shouldn’t be.  As explained by Elisa Pardo in a post at ClimateRealists.com and in this video*, a close examination of the numbers often tossed around by global warming alarmists reveals...

Barbara Boxer Gives Republicans the Shaft, Tosses Senate Committe

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) appeared on Fox News Channel this morning (see video above) to discuss the unprecedented actions taken by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.)...

Muslims View World Peace Very Differently

St. Louis native William J. Federer, who’s work has appeared on this blog several times, points out the ultimate result of U.S. deference to Muslims in an excellent piece published today at World Net Daily.  An excerpt from Islam’s World Peace: Now or Later? appears...

Great Photo to Start the Day: Nobel Shrimp’

After President Barack Obama won the Nobel Prize for Peace for less than two weeks of work in the Oval Office, the once-prestigious award has become as easy to get as an order of shrimp tacos.

Despite Early Denials, AARP Endorsing ObamaCare

Despite several statements to the contrary in recent months, it turns out that AARP, a membership organization that purports to represent the interests of people 50 and older, was behind ObamaCare all along.  According to an article in The Hill tonight, Associated Press...

Senators Demand EPA Chief Provide Critical Data

Four Republican Senators -- South Carolina's Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire's Judd Gregg and Maine's Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins -- sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, asking her to provide critical data requested by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) during...

Major Media Outlets Ignore Report on Energy

Members of the mainstream media -- people who call themselves "journalists" -- seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 -- this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and...

United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart...

‘Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad’ for Conservatives

Conservatives won governorships in New Jersey and Virginia yesterday, but lost the much-talked-about 23rd Congressional District race in Upstate New York.  To commemorate the election results, I thought a song...

Attorney Calls for Formal Investigation of DoD Contract

In a post almost seven months ago, I reported on a claim that the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System, a hand-held portable lie detector system made by Lafayette Instrument Company, was never tested for countermeasures before it was deployed to troops in...

Climate Change Bills Take Aim at ‘Red’ States

Five times in as many weeks, I've published posts containing alarming details of what lies in store for Americans should the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill become law. Today, I point readers to a Heritage Foundation blog post, because of the ominous message it delivers in...

One Year Later: 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama

Today, I offer a flashback to a post I published one year ago today which offered 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States. Was I right? "1. Obama said he wants to establish a civilian...

Highway Separates Patriots, Public Option Backers

Some 200 patriotic citizens lined one side of Highway K early this afternoon at the intersection of Highways K & N in O’Fallon, Mo.  Their signs told the story of their passionate disdain for socialism,...

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