Obama vs. the American Dream

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  March 6th at 01:17 AM  | 

By U.S. Representative Tim Huelskamp, who represents the Kansas first district. Do politics reflect culture, or does culture reflect politics? In a representative form of government, what happens in Washington should be a reflection of what happens in each of the communities and among the people of our country. Those elected to serve are to carry to Washington the views, ideas, and priorities of their | Read More »

‘Honest services’ law expansion sought

By: Bob Weeks (Diary)  |  August 19th at 08:43 PM  | 

While the U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to limit the application of vague “honest services” statutes, the Obama Administration is working to restore what the Wall Street Journal describes as “essentially unlimited prosecutorial discretion to bring white-collar cases.” David Rittgers of the Cato Institute explains the meaning of this law: “The ‘honest services’ statute criminalizes ‘a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible | Read More »