The president, Congress and the media are all trying to convince us that the $85 billion annual sequestration budget cuts will cripple our government. Don't believe it. We don't need to raise taxes or cut Medicare or Social Security to balance the budget and cut the deficit. We simply need...

President Ronald Reagan tried twice to close the Small Business Administration. His method of closing the SBA was to combine it with the Commerce Department.

Now President Obama has proposed to essentially close the SBA in the very same manner Reagan proposed, by combining it with...

Data from the U.S. Census Bureau tells us that small businesses are responsible for more than 90 percent of net new jobs in America. Small businesses generate more than half of the GDP, half of the private sector workforce, and 90 percent of all U.S. exporters are small...

In 2009 Exxon Mobile ranked second on the Fortune 500, with profits of $19 billion, but paid absolutely nothing in federal income tax. Instead, they received a $156 million rebate from the IRS. Last year the 10 most profitable U.S. corporations paid an average...

I sometimes have insomnia, so I started watching Netflix on my iPhone and iPad to help me go to sleep at night. That started about a year ago.

Many of the documentaries on Netflix will give you a view of the U.S. and events around the world you have never...

Recently, I went through security for a flight from San Francisco to Palm Springs. I've learned to streamline my security screening by leaving my watch, jewelry and belt in my suitcase.

I was body scanned by a machine that, I suspect, someday will prove to cause various forms of...

I'm not sure that Mitt Romney ever really had a realistic shot at being elected President. He would have come a lot closer had he simply released the facts regarding President Obama's real track record regarding his level of support for minorities and small businesses.

Federal contracts to minority-owned...

What would you think if you heard that the majority of federal funds allotted to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy were being sent more than 3,000 miles away to Beverly Hills, California? Would you think that the people in Washington were out of their minds?

That's how I have...

In the past few months, one of my best friends and motorcycle buddies dropped dead of a heart attack at 62. My accountant died recently of pancreatic cancer, and my brother in law is dying of throat cancer. Another friend has recently been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and my girlfriend's...

I have watched both President Obama and Mitt Romney attack each other on television throughout all three political debates. Other than the debates, whenever you see either one of them speaking, it's almost always in front of a crowd of their cheering supporters. Those people would cheer no matter what...

Friday morning I was sitting at my breakfast table watching President Obama give a speech in Virginia. My ears perked up when he said, "we need to invest in small business." Of course, I'm used to hearing him say that. President Obama continually references the importance of small businesses and...

I believe that if one journalist on the White House Press Corps or one journalist at a major campaign stop were to simply ask President Obama one question, it could kick off a firestorm in our government that could create millions of jobs.

That question would be this: Why is...

Creating jobs in America is very simple if you look at the data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

According to the latest information from the U.S. Census Bureau, small businesses are responsible for more than 90 percent of all the net new jobs in America. Government data...

I'm watching the news and pundits and politicians are talking about the looming cuts in the Pentagon budget through sequestration, all because Democrats and Republicans refuse to come together on ways to solve the budget crises.

We can assume that politicians will find a way to avoid spending cuts...

It drives me crazy to watch the parade of politicians on mainstream media talking about the economy, job creation and small businesses. It's almost unheard of for any of them to mention the fact that small businesses create the overwhelming majority of net new jobs. According to stats from the...

In 1953 Congress realized that small businesses were the engine of economic growth in America and passed the Small Business Act. When the law was originally passed, it stated that small business should receive a "fair portion" of all federal contracts. Today's federal law mandates that a minimum 23 percent...

As I watch various news channels, I see a parade of experts, politicians and pundits talking about what we can do to create jobs and stimulate the economy. I'm continually stunned and surprised that nobody on television acknowledges that, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, small businesses create...

Optimism about economic growth in 2012 is fading, which is a bad sign for President Obama, as his reelection hinges on whether or not more jobs are created between now and November. The facts are that the economy is slowing, U.S. firms are not creating the jobs at a rate...

Over the weekend, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) pledged support for same-sex marriage, which, in all fairness, is a good thing. But what surprises me is that the NAACP has been silent on an issue that strikes at the heart of the organization's mission. That...

Today, under various federal laws, the term "small business" can define a range of companies, from businesses with less than 50 employees, to publicly traded corporations as large as Lockheed Martin -- the federal government's largest prime contractor.

This question of how big a "small business" is, is of critical...