Barack Obama has now served one year as America's first black president — an unmistakable sign that the country has taken an astonishing step away from its history of slavery and institutionalized racism. Published February 1, 2010
The dust is still settling from the fallout of the special election in Massachusetts to replace the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. The rejection of socialism, high taxes and government restrictions on personal health care choices all became self-evident last week with Scott Brown's stunning upset. It was the shot heard around the political world. Published January 25, 2010
Nonunion workers of America unite and defeat health care reform legislation before you get shafted. Or worse. Published January 18, 2010
The Obama administration is currently embroiled in a public relations and policy vortex that threatens to consume an increasingly larger proportion of the shrinking agenda of the president and Congress if some swift actions are not taken. Published January 11, 2010
Americans must face the grim reality that President Obama's stimulus package has not and will not create the millions of jobs promised. Published January 4, 2010
A good friend of mine came up to me the other day and said, "Hey, I'll be a millionaire in 10 years." Published December 28, 2009
Before Sarah Palin became John McCain's running mate last year, we spent a morning in her Alaska office while she was still governor. We sat down for a one-hour TV interview, and I was most impressed with her insights, traditional values, grasp of issues, and just what a sincere and genuinely warm person she was. Published December 21, 2009
For me, it started with Muhammad Ali. I can perfectly recall sitting in the living room with my father, watching as he danced around the ring with a rare mix of fluidity and power, dispatching one rough, plodding opponent after another. He seemed the perfect embodiment of masculine striving. But the best part was after the match had ended. That's when Ali would unleash one of his verbal rants. Full of braggadocio, he would proclaim to the world, "I am the greatest." And I believed him. Published December 14, 2009
I was horrified to read recently that it is increasingly common in California to treat children diagnosed with Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with marijuana. California voters passed a law allowing doctors to recommend medical marijuana to their patients, including those under the age of 18. The law allows doctors to recommend marijuana "for any ... illness for which marijuana provides relief." Under that broad umbrella, doctors are pushing pot to treat all kinds of maladies, including ADHD. Published December 7, 2009
In his second inaugural address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt lamented: "I see one third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, and ill-nourished." From that lament, the New Deal took root. Published November 30, 2009
Thanksgiving is traditionally a time and place to once again gather with family, enjoy the sweet aromas of turkey and cranberries, and to remember all the things for which you are grateful. Published November 25, 2009
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is now conscious and being nursed back to health by hospital staff, just days after opening fire on crowds of unarmed American soldiers at the Fort Hood Readiness Center. Maj. Hasan reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar!" - a phrase meaning "God is great!"- before discharging 100 bullets at some 300 unarmed U.S. troops who had gathered for pre-deployment processing. By the time his rampage ended, Maj. Hasan had massacred 13 servicemen and women, and injured 29. Published November 18, 2009
It has famously been said that America is a nation of laws not people. That is not the case when it comes to applying the laws of this country to its elected leaders. Amazingly, members of Congress are not covered by many of the statutes that they apply to the rest of the country. Published November 11, 2009
We are nearly a year into the Obama presidency now. Yet, with each passing day, this administration becomes increasingly focused on the issues that matter less, not more, to the average man on the street. Instead of building on big ideas with concrete details and personal leadership, the White House has chosen to focus instead on its fringe agenda. Published October 28, 2009
In modern liberal society, it is OK to be a bigot; just so long you are a bigot for the left. Published October 21, 2009
The social engineering of liberal policymakers often has the unintended consequences of making life more difficult for the people it is trying to help. They justify liberal policies by correctly highlighting real institutional barriers like racism and historical poverty that have historically held back the disadvantaged. However, instead of teaching the disadvantaged to fish so they can feed themselves for a lifetime, they merely give them a fish to eat. Published October 14, 2009
Over the past month, President Obama has continuously and naively put America's security at grave risk. At the U.N. General Assembly meeting in September, Mr. Obama unintentionally announced his "Hope Doctrine" to promote world peace. In "our efforts to promote peace ... the most powerful weapon in our arsenal is the hope of human beings." Published October 7, 2009
The countdown to war between Israel and Iran has begun. Earlier this week, Tehran announced that it test-fired long-range missiles capable of striking Israel, Egypt, parts of Europe and American bases in the Persian Gulf. Published September 30, 2009
When I was growing up during the postwar prosperity of 1960s, my parents continually reminded us about how fortunate we were to mature in the relative prosperity of an upper-middle-class farming family community in Marion, S.C. Published September 23, 2009
As serious debate on health care reform heats up, Democrats have taken to outright accusing those who oppose President Obama's health care reform plan as borderline racists. Published September 16, 2009
