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 We as a nation suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder.  We have become a people of instant gratification and soundbite debate.  Our failing economy and...

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Can this country be all for everyone and no one has to pay taxes? Roads, schools, hospitals, parks to be built. Wars to be fought and the country to be defended. Don’t be mad at me, but I think I just sent you to the unemployment line and slashed your benefits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_vxI0sOsIY In the aftermath of the mid-term shellacking, I've found myself thinking a lot about John Edwards and wondering, frankly, if the country, Right and...

Kesmarn's brilliant article, Please, tear that price tag off!, impresses the powerful image of our democracy and citizenry as a 500 pound patient, too...

People just don't know and won't believe that the President doesn't legislate. This tax cuts brouhaha is another "death panel" debate. It's when someone takes...

When the only thing that's enough is too much...

What is meant by "The Will of the People" that we hear daily from the noise machines? And what "people" are they listening too? 98% or 2%?

In the aftermath of this year's election, I was in the midst of throwing out all the books in my bookshelf that contained the...