As part of Obama’s vision to remake America, he proposed in his State of the Union address, and in his budget, universal Pre-K education for all American school children age 3-4. Today, perhaps the closest thing we have in that area is a relic from Johnson’s War on Poverty- the Head Start program. This program is not necessarily “universal,” but is targeted to children in | Read More »
There are a few things politically where there are no downsides. The Keystone pipeline comes to mind as one of them. With the alleged environmental concerns evidently resolved to the satisfaction of the Governor of Nebraska and after two EPA studies indicating the same, it should come natural to Obama to now approve the pipeline. Of course, he will likely drag his feet, call for | Read More »
With the most recent election barely behind us, a little recognized piece of news data was released this week by the United States Census Bureau. Despite the fact that a national census is constitutionally mandated every ten years for apportionment purposes, the Census Bureau does not go into hibernation for nine years only to emerge when a year ends in a zero. Most recently, they | Read More »
With Senatorial or Gubernatorial races on the ballot, attention will be on the presidential and lone House seat race along with the ballot questions. As far as the race for President goes, this is generally a safe Republican state and should be again in 2012. Thus, we can give Romney their three electoral votes. Republican Kristi Noem, a rising star in the GOP, will face | Read More »
There is no Senate or gubernatorial race in Idaho this year. One can safely count this state in the Romney column as he will pick up their 4 electoral votes easily. In the 1st District Congressional race, Raul Labrador is up for reelection to his second term for the Republican Party this year. He will face former NFL wide receiver Jimmy Farris on the Democratic | Read More »
Often overlooked in Election Day coverage, ballot questions are an example of direct democracy in practice. Although I would not want a California style “anything goes” system, sometimes the questions presented are of paramount importance. Not every state as of this writing has ballot initiatives in November. For those that do, some are of strictly local interest or tweak state government organization or operations. So, | Read More »
On Wednesday, Mitt Romney delivered a speech to the Latino Coalition of the Chamber of Commerce. Some liberal websites covered the speech with derision with comments like “in 26 minutes he didn’t once mention immigration.” This underscores their ignorance and their group identity politics and show this propensity in other areas. The alleged war on women is a perfect example. In that case, liberals and | Read More »
The Congress is currently confronted with a difficult debate and vote regarding student loans and higher education funding. Unless Congress acts, interest rates on outstanding loans will double in July of this year. Democrats are already spinning this debate as a win-win situation. If the measure is voted down, it creates ammunition in the general election to be used against the GOP with young voters, | Read More »
The ostensible reason behind the OWS movement-if one can discern such a reason- was to address the apparent income disparity in the US. There will always be income disparity in a capitalist society as there will always be the haves and the have nots. And there is certainly greed and some ill-gotten gains along the line. It is often difficult to introduce the correct amount | Read More »
I recently broke down and read by local newspaper which, for $1.75 on Sunday, is generally a waste of money. But there was a great story in there that needs repeating because it shows what Governor Chris Christie has to deal with every day and, more importantly, the citizens of New Jersey have to deal with. For anyone who has ever travelled from north | Read More »
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