By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  November 30th at 01:42 AM  | 

In the 2002 movie “Signs,” Colleen Hess gave her youngest son Merrill a cryptic, deathbed command to “swing away.”  Only years later, with his own life at risk, did Merrill understand what this meant.  With confidence, Merrill “swung away.”  The challenge was unclear, but it was was large and right in front of him, and Merrill could not and did not miss.  Merrill “swung away” with | Read More »

By: Benjamin Hodge (Diary)  |  October 27th at 11:28 PM  | 

Michael Barone writes about Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s healthy approval numbers.  Walker may soon face a recall effort led by Democrats, but the Republican looks reasonably strong. Winning in 2010 and soon after implementing major government union reforms, the conservative Walker has been a constant recipient of attacks by teachers unions and other powerful anti-taxpayer groups.  Given that the mainstream media died years ago basically everwhere, I | Read More »