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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Republicans are talking tough on federal spending and the national debt right now, but where we they just a few years ago when they had control of Congress and the White House? “Both parties, Republicans and Democrats, have left these issues unaddressed,” said Jeff Vanke, an independent on the…
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Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] Before the Helen Thomas apologists jump on my mere mention of the name Hitler, I am not comparing the retired anti-Semitic journalist to the Nazi dictator. However, when Michael Freedman, former managing editor for United Press International, titles his op-ed, “Remember all the good that…
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Public Policy Polling is helping me fill out another slow late-spring news day. Thanks, fellas! Today’s tidbits from PPP – that Democrats have a slight, slight lead in a generic congressional ballot over Republicans for the first time since December, and that Barack Obama continues to lead his potential 2012 GOP opponents in hypothetical one-on-one…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Are Democrats trying to create smoke around the latest controversy involving Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to make people believe that there’s fire? Or is the issue with a sizable donation to the Cuccinelli campaign in 2009 from a veterans group that appears to be anything but the charity that…
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Column by Chris Graham [email protected] I had a good conversation with a colleague today who happens to be a Tea Partier. I told him how I was planning to write a column today on the shocking vote in Utah over the weekend that ousted Sen. Bob Bennett from the upcoming Senate Republican primary, and…
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Edited by Chris Graham [email protected] A new Public Policy Polling survey has Barack Obama’s job-approval ratings back at the 50 percent mark for the first time since October.
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Column by David Reynolds Submit guest columns: [email protected] In order to better understand a subject its best to view it from a different angle. So we headed north, being careful to avoid our subject, the city we love to hate. Yes, your humble scribe traveled to New Jersey to get a better fix on…
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Column by David Hills and Michael Lent Submit guest columns: [email protected] Millions of America’s small business owners suffer from bad practices on Wall Street – something often given short shrift in debate about creation of a consumer financial protection agency.
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Column by Sanford D. Horn Submit guest columns: [email protected] The Washington Post, the alleged newspaper of record for the nation’s capitol and its metropolitan area, over the past seven days ending with Saturday, April 24, 2010, ran six articles, editorials or columns each decrying the lack of voting rights yet to bestowed upon the…
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Column by Bob Goodlatte www.house.gov/goodlatte We are just days away from one of the most dreaded days of the year. April 15th is a day filled with aggravation and frustration as hardworking Americans are confronted with piles of forms, confusing instructions, and the prospect of turning their hard-earned money over to the government.
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