I wrote this column a long time ago. With the election only weeks away, I thought it would be a good idea to re-release it. I hope you enjoy it: Thomas Jefferson is the writer of the Declaration of Independence, co-author of the Constitution, and third President of the United States. Was he also the father [...]

The good: The Fair Tax is a national retail sales tax that replaces our progressive tax system. Current income tax is collected (at the point of a gun) at a rate of approximately 23 percent of net income. The Fair Tax would totally eliminate withholding and individuals would only be taxed when they purchase goods and [...]

Even before I started writing this column I was a big political geek. My career puts me behind the steering wheel a lot, so when I rent cars after a flight I always look forward to satellite radio and its many varieties of talk radio entertainment. Being a Conservative, I immediately tune into the most [...]

The Stimulus (aka The Recovery and Reinvestment Act) was supposed to keep unemployment under 8 percent. It did not do that. The Stimulus was supposed to help the private sector have the ability to start hiring again. It did not do that. The Stimulus was supposed to get the real estate market back on its [...]

“Republicans In Name Only” are somewhat of a new phenomenon in politics. They are closet Liberals that campaign as Conservatives in order to get more right wingers to vote for them. Ultimately it is usually Independents that make the difference, but that is not the point of this week’s column. In January of 2010, Scott [...]

The Libertarian Party took the country by storm in the late 90s when Harry Browne announced he was running for president four years after Ross Perot took half of the votes away from George H.W. Bush, making it easy for Bill Clinton to become our 42nd president. Third party after third party have tried and [...]

Being that I am a fairly hard core fiscal conservative, I am routinely asked: “Why do you want to let people die in the streets”? “Why don’t you care about the less fortunate”? “Why do you hate the poor so much”? Blah, blah… and blah. The left likes to use emotion in a sad attempt [...]

Anyone who has ever run a small business knows that unless you can start it with cash you are probably going to be in the red for some time. So what makes a business grow? How do mom and pop become Microsoft? Elbow grease? Sure. Low overhead? Yep. But this is a political column, so [...]

Remember the good old days when becoming president was the pinnacle of someone’s political career? They would serve for eight years and then retire to some faraway place, occasionally giving a speech here and there, but for the most part the priority was to play with their grandchildren. There was also the occasional unfortunate natural [...]

After Desert Storm our vets came home with several illnesses, the most well known being “Gulf War Syndrome.” That war also brought about the rebirth of the long ignored Vietnam War term, “Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.” Have you ever noticed that the more syllables a word or phrase contains, the less meaning it has? After World [...]

Americans are always talking about the First Amendment and First Amendment rights, but I’m not sure most people know what this Amendment protects. The First Amendment consists of five freedoms: 1. Freedom of speech 2. Freedom of the press 3. Freedom of religion 4. Freedom to peaceably assemble 5. Freedom to redress grievances (disagree with [...]

What is the definition of torture? Do you have to break bones or leave bruises? What about psychological torture? Is sleep deprivation torture? What about sensory deprivation, such as loud music or 24 hours of darkness? The Pakistan intelligence service interrogates prisoners like this: 1. Prisoner is kept awake for 72 hours. 2. Pliers are [...]

Last week the Senate Arms Committee voted to overturn the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy with regard to gay men and women in the military. Don’t ask, don’t tell is the common nickname for a policy put forth by the Clinton administration in ‘93 to try and limit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Basically, [...]

Last week I hammered the American people about personal responsibility and our role in the current economic situation. I believe it’s only fair that I explain the government’s role as well. Alan Greenspan was known as “the Wizard” for his ability to predict the ups and downs in the economy with almost pin-point precision. Everyone [...]

I recently got into a debate with my brother-in-law about the cost of living today. He believes that the cost of goods and services combined with inflation have made it next to impossible for the middle class to live on one income anymore. My argument is that the average American household has WAY overextended itself [...]

When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, congressional “service” was explained in the following way:

Representatives were elected by the people. The number of representatives would be determined by the population of each district and could change every two years. The more people you have in your state, the more representatives you have in Congress. The [...]

During the 2008 presidential campaign I kept hearing that the election of Barack Obama would be the end of racism in America. The more I heard it, the more I laughed out loud. Had I had the “soap box” I have now I would have taken great delight in predicting the complete opposite. It was [...]

The Supreme Court recently lifted the cap by which a corporation can contribute to their favorite congressional candidate. The liberals went nuts! Why, you ask? It has been a long-standing liberal view that only “evil,” conservative-minded right wingers are CEOs of corporations. Liberals believe that corporations will now be able to effectively choose the next [...]

The legislative branch (Congress) makes the laws; the executive branch (President/Administration) enforces the laws and the judicial branch (Courts) interprets a law’s constitutionality. The founding fathers set up this system, commonly known as “checks and balances,” to make sure one branch could never become too powerful. Since there is no way to keep the pendulum [...]

Years ago I heard a crazy conspiracy theory that the communists left over from the Cold War (and their younger followers) found a new crusade against Western democracy: global warming. If they couldn’t destroy us by changing the way we look at our way of life, they could tax us into oblivion by making us [...]