Winston Churchill once said, "You can always count on Americans to do the right thing, after they have tried everything else." As a nation, we've been trying "everything else" for years to solve our biggest problems. From immigration reform and our overly complicated tax system, to health care, entitlement spending...

Being a young and diverse country means we do not yet share a common view on divisive social issues such as gay marriage, gun control and abortion. However, a common thread that we share is our concern for the economy. A recent survey from McLaughlin & Associates shows...

Some opponents of the Marketplace Fairness Act are falsely calling the measure a new tax, when the bill only requires that Internet retailers collect sales tax already owed by their customers under current law. This bill would not only serve as a boost to the economy, but...

The controversy over Sen. Robert Menendez, (D-NJ), and his Florida ophthalmologist friend and donor Dr. Salomon Melgen may be a teachable moment. The FBI's investigation of Menendez's use of Melgen's private jet is a microcosm of the larger problem our country faces: how difficult it is to cut...

After four days of being immersed in the world's most innovative technologies at the 2013 International CES last week, I noticed one common denominator among the most successful companies: they're all risk-takers. America's best businesses started out because they were inspired by an idea, an idea that led innovators to...

While concern mounts over the looming fiscal issues facing our nation, the reelection of President Barack Obama has many worried about the business and economic environment over the next four years. Their fears are not unreasonable. The past four years have been characterized by policies that have put more strain...

Now that the political conventions have finally ended, I confess I enjoyed the uplifting rhetoric. But I feel disconnected from both parties. While Republicans and Democrats tout policies I strongly believe in, neither party platform represents my views completely.

Coming away from the Republican National Convention, I admire...

The Huffington Post sparked controversy recently when it ran an article about Sheldon Adelson's plans to sue the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for labeling him "a pimp." False rumors started to circulate after the DCCC began to insinuate that Mr. Adelson benefited from a Chinese...

Dear President Obama,

I thank you for your service to our nation and applaud your passion on many issues including health care, gay marriage and a compassionate approach to immigration reform. You are an admirable politician and a level-headed president.

But I ask you to consider how your campaign...

This presidential election has produced a bitter divide between Americans favoring either President Obama or Gov. Romney. Cher recently tweeted that under a Romney presidency, she could not "breathe the same air as Him & his Right Wing Racist Homophobic Women Hating Tea Bagger Masters." Comedian Jon Lovitz...

Our elected leaders are failing us as they refuse to deal with the biggest issue of our time -- the exploding deficit bomb. The media is also failing us by letting politicians brush aside, deceive or evade the hard truth of the numbers. False assertions are accepted. Call me naïve,...

In her March 18 column, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd wrote a scathing and nasty indictment of Presidential candidate Mitt Romney based on his Mormon religion. She trots out various Mormon practices and beliefs many consider strange, and slams Romney for not addressing them.

If a Presidential...

In my job, I travel and talk to Americans from all walks of life, coast to coast, Red America and Blue America. I hear their wisdom, ideas, frustrations and concerns.

But in today's media culture, the ideologues on both sides monopolize the airwaves and feed the impression that we...

By coming to an agreement to extend the payroll tax cut, leaders from both political parties are destroying our children's future so they can keep their Congressional seats.

Republicans and Democrats refuse to embrace the American concept that we all must sacrifice for the good of the nation. The World...

We've all heard of the geeks -- Jobs, Bezos, Chambers, Ellison, Gates, Jacobs, Zuckerberg. But political Washington has never much concerned itself with the geek community. Yesterday, that changed. Yesterday, American geeks roared at establishment Washington, and Washington listened and acted.

In 2010, it was healthcare; 2011 was all...

Give us strength and wisdom this holiday season...

To accept that all Americans mean well and want what's best for our nation. We just have different visions on how to make America better.

To help us accept and embrace Republicans who want a stronger America, but will never accept tax...

On Wednesday, I spent a few hours with some other talking heads at CNBC's high-tech New Jersey headquarters while watching the Republican presidential candidate debate. I was thrilled to be part of this "A-Team" of economic luminaries, mostly Democrats, including former Ohio Governor Bob Strickland, former Clinton economist...

On twelve Members of Congress sits the dragon of our deficit. But the Supercommittee tasked with deciding how to slay this dragon before it consumes us all has a rather large obstacle: No one has offered to risk his own neck to slay the dragon.

The Tea Party and Republicans...

If Washington is adept at anything, it's coming up with solutions that are worse than the problems. Two bills moving through Congress at the moment seek to protect copyright owners -- in particular, movie studios -- from the threat of digital piracy. To be clear, commercial piracy of movies is...

Almost every sentient American now understands that our political leaders have done nothing to address the challenges of our growing debt, other than to kick the can down the road to yet one more committee. Certainly, Standard and Poor's, the stock market and the American people have expressed a vote...