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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]