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How ironic, the U.S. national debt blows by a historic $16 Trillion during the Democratic National Convention (DNC).  U.S. government debt reached $16 trillion for the first time after rising $1 trillion since November, according to Treasury Department data.  The Democratic Party’s 2012 platform calls for future deficit reduction to exclusively come from tax hikes on [...]

A  standard question of modern presidential elections is “Are you better off”, and how has the middle class been affected?  At least by the numbers, Americans are not better off than they were four years ago:  the middle class has been crushed, unemployment remains high, incomes have fallen, and gas prices have doubled.  Vice President [...]

Almost every week there’s a story in the news about a huge hurricane, earthquake, fire, or flood.  While there’s no way to tell ahead of time when a disaster will strike or how bad it will be, we can still prepare.  One of the best things we can do now to help protect ourselves and [...]

A friend of mine recently used a quote from Georg Hegel to exemplify passion, “Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.”  The problem does not lie in its contents, rather the context.  You see, evil men can passionately speak as well.  The following quote could be a powerful message of good will and [...]

The Democratic party has been unrelenting attacking Mitt Romney’s record with the private equity firm Bain Capital aiming to keep the Republican candidate on the defensive and more importantly to shift the focus from Barack Obama’s economic record.  The President is attacking Romney and his Republican allies for pursuing what he brands as outdated and a policy of discredited economic [...]

Ron Paul delegates picked up 21 of the 25 unbound seats from the state of Iowa over the weekend.  Paul looks likely to have about 200 delegates on the floor in Tampa for the Republican convention that are able to vote for him and more importantly making a significant, positive contribution to the 2012 Republican [...]

John Swinton, the chief editorial writer for the Times during the American Civil War had an enlightening view of the press and a seemingly prophetic theory of its path.  He made this comment at a press banquet in which he was being honored after a toast was made to the independent press: There is no such thing, [...]