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December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
- October 28, 2007Struggling for Relevance in Cuba: Close, Still No Cigars
l No Cigars Since Raul Castro seems to be transitioning to a more permanent position of power, the administration has begun talking about Cuba pol
- October 21, 2007Interventionism? Isolationism? Actually, Both.
; Actually, both. A few months back, I wrote back-to-back weekly messages regarding globalism and isolationism. In writing those columns, I focu
- October 14, 2007Taxing Ourselves to Death
This past week, Congress had an opportunity to permanently repeal the death tax by amending the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 to include l
- October 7, 2007Keeping Promises to Seniors
With our country's finances stretched thin, our credit limit fast approaching, and our currency inflated to the breaking point, there is no indication
September 2007
August 2007
- August 27, 2007Aging Infrastructure
August 27, 2007 The recent and tragic bridge collapse in Minnesota raises many questions in Americans' minds about our aging infrastructure, and what
- August 20, 2007High Risk Credit
August 20, 2007 As markets went on a rollercoaster ride last week, our economy is coming close to a day of reckoning for loose credit policies being
- August 13, 2007High Risk Spending
August 13, 2007 Last week this column addressed the train wreck that federal spending has become. To score political points politicians will make loud
- August 6, 2007As Recess Begins, Spending Spree Continues
August 6, 2007 These last few weeks the House has been in a rush to pass spending bills before August recess. In fact, visitors walking the hallways o
July 2007
- July 30, 2007The Fear Factor
July 30, 2007 While fear itself is not always the product of irrationality, once experienced it tends to lead away from reason, especially if the exp
- July 23, 2007Exposing the True Isolationists
July 23, 2007 Last week, I wrote about the ideology of globalism and how it underlies certain government policies. Managed trade agreements, internat
- July 16, 2007Globalism
July 16, 2007 The recent defeat of the amnesty bill in the Senate came after outraged Americans made it clear to the political elite that they woul
- July 9, 2007Signing Statements Erode Constitutional Balance
July 9, 2007 Recently, the General Accounting Office studied nineteen instances where the President issued so-called “signing statements.”
- July 2, 2007Recapturing the Spirit of Independence
July 2, 2007 This week Americans will gather around the grill, attend parades and watch fireworks displays, all in the celebration of the signing of o
June 2007
- June 25, 2007Rights of Taxpayers is Missing Element in Stem Cell Debate
Cell Debate June 25, 2007
The debate in Washington has again turned to federal funding of stem cell research, with President Bush moving
- June 18, 2007Earmark Victory May Be A Hollow One
June 18, 2007
Last week's big battle on the House floor over earmarks in the annual appropriations bills was won by Republicans, who succe
- June 11, 2007Amnesty Opponents Are Not Un-American
June 11, 2007
Although action in the United States Senate this week has slowed passage of the amnesty bill, it is not yet dead as Presiden
- June 4, 2007The Price of Delaying the Inevitable in Iraq
June 4, 2007
Good intentions frequently lead to unintended bad consequences. Tough choices, doing what is right, often leads to unant
May 2007
- May 28, 2007Immigration 'Compromise' Sells Out Our Sovereignty
Sovereignty May 28, 2007
The much-vaunted Senate “compromise” on immigration is a compromise alright: a compromise of our laws, a comp
- May 21, 2007Fixing What's Wrong With Iraq
Iraq May 21, 2007
Many of my colleagues, faced with the reality that the war in Iraq is not going well, line up to place all the blame on the
- May 14, 2007Security Washington-Style
-Style May 14, 2007 Congress voted this past week to authorize nearly $40 billion for the Homeland Security Department, but the result will li
- May 7, 2007Unconstitutional Legislation Threatens Freedoms
May 7, 2007 Last week, the House of Representatives acted with disdain for the Constitution and individual liberty by passing HR 1592, a bill creatin
April 2007
- April 23, 2007Getting Iraq War Funding Wrong Again
Wrong Again April 30, 2007 This week, Congress finalized the controversial $124 billion Iraq emergency supplemental spending bill, with
- April 23, 2007Security and Liberty
April 23, 2007 The senseless and horrific killings last week on the campus of Virginia Tech University reinforced an uneasy feeling many
- April 16, 2007Government and Racism
April 16, 2007 The controversy surrounding remarks by talk show host Don Imus shows that the nation remains incredibly sensitive about ma
- April 9, 2007The Federal Reserve Monopoly over Money
April 9, 2007 Recently I had the opportunity to question Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke when he appeared before the congressional
- April 2, 2007The 2008 Federal Budget
April 2, 2007 The fiscal year 2008 budget, passed in the House of Representatives last week, is a monument to irresponsibility and profli
March 2007
- March 26, 2007More Funding for the War in Iraq
March 26, 2007 Last week the House passed an emergency supplemental spending bill that was the worst of all worlds. The president&#
- March 19, 2007Don't Blame the Market for Housing Bubble
March 19, 2007 The U.S. housing market, long considered vulnerable by many economists, is now on the verge of suffering a se
- March 12, 2007The DC Gun Ban
March 12, 2007 Last Friday a federal appeals court in Washington DC issued a ruling that hopefully will result in the restoration of
- March 5, 2007The Coming Entitlement Meltdown
March 5, 2007 David Walker, Comptroller General at the Government Accountability Office, appeared on the show “60 Minutes” la
February 2007
- February 26, 2007Hypocrisy in the Middle East
February 26, 2007 Hundreds of thousands of American troops already occupy Afghanistan and Iraq, a number that is rising as the military s
- February 19, 2007Monetary Policy is Critically Important
February 19, 2007 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies twice every year before the congressional Financial Services committee,
- February 12, 2007Another Spending Bill for the War in Iraq
or the War in Iraq
February 12, 2007 Two weeks ago I discussed how Congress and the administration use our fiat money system to litera
- February 5, 2007Political Power and the Rule of Law
February 5, 2007 With the elections over and the 110th Congress settling in, the media have been reporting ad nauseam about who has assum
January 2007
- January 29, 2007Inflation and War Finance
January 29, 2007 The Pentagon recently reported that it now spends roughly $8.4 billion per month waging the war in Iraq, while the addit
- January 22, 2007Can We Achieve Peace in the Middle East?
January 22, 2007 Former President Carter’s new book about the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine has raised the
- January 15, 2007Escalation in the Middle East
January 15, 2007 While the president’s announcement that an additional 20,000 troops would be sent to Iraq dominated the hea
- January 8, 2007Totalization is a Bad Idea
January 8, 2007 Through a Freedom of Information Act Request, a private group recently obtained a copy of a 2004 agreement betwee
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