Health care reform debate nears final days

Well, it looks like the debate over health care is nearly over, or so Congress would have us believe. After several versions of health care reform emerged from their different Congressional committees and were all combined into the two versions that passed the House and the Senate, respectively, the Democrats are still wrangling among themselves [...]

President Obama on FOX News – Video

I think it would be beneficial to watch this video of the interview FOX News conducted with President Obama on March 17, 2010. With all due respect to the President, he did not answer the question Bret Baier asked him at the onset of the interview. Every time Baier tried to bring the discussion back [...]

Health care costs – Will they go up or down?

One of the biggest campaign promises President Obama is making right now (yes, this is a campaign) is that health care costs will go down if the Democratic plan is implemented. Time after time, we have heard him say that very thing as he travels across the country, touting this plan as the go to [...]

President Obama and open government

One of the biggest criticisms of President George W. Bush and his administration is how they seemed to like governing in secret. It is no secret, pun fully intended, that the Bush administration was not the most open administration our country has seen. I won’t bore you with the specifics, but the exemptions to the [...]

The Slaughter Solution for health care reform

Well, back to the grindstone this week and back to discussing health care reform once again. As I was driving into work this morning, NPR’s Morning Edition was discussing that this is the week when health care reform is likely to come to the floor of the House and subsequently to an up or down [...]

A tale of radical Islam, a cartoon, and a woman

It has been a long time since I have been surprised at anything coming from radical Islam. It August 18, 2007 when Lars Vilks managed to persuade a Swedish newspaper to publish a cartoon that some Muslims felt was offensive, in that it depicted the Prophet Muhammad in a less than favorable manner. He has [...]

Ground zero workers reach settlement with New York City

This article may touch a nerve in many people, especially if you or someone you know was directly affected by the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. I apologize up front, as I mean no ill will to anyone involved in the attacks or their aftermath.
During each one of our lives, [...]

The second health care bill

Frankly, I am tired of hearing and writing about the debate over health care reform. I can’t even begin to count the articles Mike and I have written about the subject and the debate isn’t over yet. All this week, President Obama has been traveling around the country, touting the need for reform and how [...]

Charges filed in death of Fort Smith baby

Charges have now been filed in the death of 1-year-old Elaine Keene, of Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 1, north of Roland. The details of this tragedy have already been discussed in this article, but at the time of that writing, it was not known who would be charged in the death. It is now [...]

Pay cut for Congress

PAY CUT FOR CONGRESS
Now isn’t that a novel idea? We have all bemoaned the way Congress has acted at times. That goes for Democrats and Republicans alike and I have been as guilty as anyone else, maybe more so. Congressional approval ratings are at a very low level, with Rasmussen reporting that 71% of [...]

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