Thursday, February 11th, 2010 10:01:55
Forecast: A Washington Recall This Fall
Maybe Mother Nature knows what's best. This week, she brought her own version of a government shutdown to Washington. While the Post Office might continue to work through rain, snow, sleet and hail, the snow in the capital resulted in....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, February 4th, 2010 10:01:05
Rome is Burning and No One Cares
"Rome is burning, and no one cares," my colleague Jim exclaimed to our boss on a conference call in the late-1990s. We were trying to explain the budget crisis in our largest property, which was responsible for more than $1....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, January 28th, 2010 09:59:55
You’ve Got Me, Babe
"Well, the big difference here and in '94 was you've got me," was President Obama's response to possible problems in the upcoming midterm elections, according to Rep. Marion Berry. The Arkansas Democrat was recalling Obama's remarks in an election strategy....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, January 21st, 2010 09:59:08
From Centerfold to Senator
You'd have to be eligible for Social Security to remember the last time a Republican sat in the Senate seat made vacant last year when Ted Kennedy died. Scott Brown is the first Republican to win the seat since Henry....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, January 14th, 2010 09:58:11
Will We Do What is Necessary for Our Children?
Miep Gies, who saved Anne Frank's diary during World War II, died Sunday at the age of 100. Gies was the last living link to the Frank family. She spent her last six decades traveling and talking about her experience....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, January 7th, 2010 09:57:30
The Right Book at the Right Time
"Let me say it as clearly and succinctly as I can: we screwed up," Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele wrote in his new book, "RightNow: A 12- Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda" (Regnery Publishing, 2010). Steele is....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 24th, 2009 09:55:45
The Audacity of Washington
Audacity and transparency are running rampant in Washington. Elected officials are transparent about their audacity. President Obama ran on the promise of hope and change. If voters would dare to be hopeful, he would steer the country toward change we....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 17th, 2009 09:54:53
A Woman’s World
James Brown song "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" got it wrong -- there is a quiet revolution underfoot that one day might make it more of a woman's world than a man's. They vote more, they study more, and....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 10th, 2009 09:53:53
More of the Same Will Not Lead to Change
"It's the economy, stupid," was the message that Democratic political strategist James Carville kept repeating to Bill Clinton in the 1992 campaign against then-President George H.W. Bush. It seems that President Barack Obama has finally gotten the message, too, and....
Read the complete article at Townhall.com....Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 09:21:39
Atlanta Reaching Towards Post-Racial Politics
Tuesday's runoff election for the mayor of Atlanta pitted a young black candidate running as an outsider against a white activist with decades of experience as a citizen activist. African American mayors have run Atlanta since 1974. This race has....
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