Houses, Schools, and Hospitals

Americans are waking up with an ugly headache.  They know their heads are hurting but they are not sure why.  Everywhere a little piece of what they knew as the ”American Dream” is tarnishing if not outrightly disappearing. Houses have always been expensive relative to a potential homeowners means.  At the height of the housing [...]

Modern Role of Government

The conversation between America’s conservative and liberal sides seems more like two trains passing each other in opposite directions.  The words can be heated and passionate, but not heard or acknowledged by either side.  The meeting of minds is lost in translation. I often wonder why young people can boast that they are conservative.  They [...]

Governor Perry to the Rescue?

The GOP establishment is worried.  The current field of Presidential nomination hopefuls does not warm the dark spots in their hearts.  And this is quite understandable. While Tim Pawlenty and Mitt Romney are well qualified politicians with proven executive experience, both lack a broad public appeal.  And Romney’s a Mormon, you know. The rest of [...]

Which Is Worse?

The public display of national leadership by both the Republican and Democratic parties is something out of B-Movie (or worse) genre.  Both parties have taken positions versus the national debt that are hard to explain.  Neither has chosen to address the $14 Trillion. What, you say.  What then is the Ryan plan? The Ryan plan [...]

Libyan End Game

Too many cooks in the kitchen?  That’s the question before the house.  How should NATO proceed in Libya?  Or, better said, is it possible for NATO to proceed? Most western governments would be quite pleased with a Libya, free of terrorists inclinations and deeply into pumping and shipping oil.  If that were to come without [...]

Kathy Hochul, What’s Really Wrong With Ryan’s Plan ?

The election yesterday of Democrat Kathy Hochul in NY’s 26th District is being hailed a defeat of Representative Paul Ryan’s budget proposal.  In Ryan’s plan, Medicare is changed to a voucher based entitlement.  Hochul won in a highly Republican district by campaigning on a pledge to not change Medicare. Disingenuous is a word that comes [...]

Why Obama

The Supreme Court yesterday voted 5-4 to affirm a California lower court ruling that State jails were seriously over crowded.  Citing “cruel and unusual punishment”, the Supreme Court ruled the California prison system needed to be cut by 46,000 over the next two years. The Court’s opinion followed familiar lines.  This time, however, Justice Kennedy [...]

Bush’s Wisdom

When George W Bush became President, the State Department’s  Israeli desk  shuttered their windows and turned the lights down to dim.  “W”, who didn’t exert himself on anything, felt right at home with his Israeli policy.  Nothing is going to change was Bush’s wisdom. The Israel-Palestinain seeds “W” sowed are producing their fruit right now. [...]

Polite versus Rude, What’s the Reason?

The video clip shown on television yesterday of President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it all.  If there were any questions why Israel and the Palestinians have not concluded a peace agreement, this clip answered those questions. Israel, as represented by Netanyahu’s words and behavior, seems not to be seeing reality.  What [...]

Leadership Styles

President Obama has been likened to a university professor.  His speech delivery style more resembles higher education than street politicians or a church pulpit.  He is calm, usually articulate, and reasoned in his pronouncements.  So what’s wrong with that? To begin, President Obama is not very inspiring.  His speeches usually do not make you want [...]