Tea Party members object to what they see as excessive federal government intrusion in the lives of Americans. I had a pleasant conversation with a Tea Party member last evening at a local forum on immigration policy. There was no personal rancor although we publicly disagreed on immigration issues at...

The Elana Kagan nomination has focused attention on the current Harvard/Yale monopoly power over the source of judicial nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court. It is elitist and foolish to think that the best lawyers only come from Harvard and Yale. Many talented students cannot attend prestigious Ivy League universities...

In the latter half of the 19th century, as the United States embarked on its westward expansion, the popular slogan of the time was "Go West Young Man." The West was seen as a place where adventurous men of little means and connections (women were never mentioned) could make their...

President Barack Obama, appearing on the "Today" show, has urged a "complete review" of the Food and Drug Administration. "At a bare minimum, we should be able to count on our government keeping our kids safe when they eat peanut butter. "That's what Sasha eats for lunch," Obama said,...

My friends, a couple and their two young girls, and I drove from Arkansas, two hours north to Springfield, Missouri for the Obama rally held Saturday night at a high school football field named JFK Stadium. We are not native Arkansans - we are the careerist transferees found in Corporate...

By now, most Americans have learned that the Republican National Committee spruced up Sarah Palin and her family with $150,000 worth of new clothes, accessories, makeup, and hair styling. But the McCain campaign tells the public that it was always the intention to donate the Palin family's new clothing to...

Webster's Dictionary defines a demagogue as "a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace." Governor Palin, in her stump speeches this week, fits this dictionary definition. Palin falsely and despicably portrays Senator Obama as a terrorist sympathizer or perhaps even...

On August 14, 2008, President Bush signed into law the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (the "Act"). This legislation, sponsored by Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), comes a year after last summer's recalls of millions of toys. It took the recalls and the deaths and hospitalizations of children resulting...

Immigration was a hot button issue during the early primary season when all the Republican candidates moved to Tancredo-like immigration policy positions. Before they ran for president, some had supported sanctuary cities (Giuliani); college tuition for children of undocumented immigrants (Huckabee); immigration reform (McCain); and even illegal immigrant lawn services...

With the Presidential nominating contests dominating the news, many Americans may have missed the media reports about the recent crash-landing of a British Airways passenger jet at London's Heathrow Airport. On January 17, 2008, the plane hit the ground short of the runway, ripping apart its landing gear and severely...

Hearing the tragic news on Thursday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated made me very sad. However, knowing that her arriving motorcade had been attacked by bombers when she returned to Pakistan in October, I was not surprised.

In 2002, I had the honor of meeting...

Hearing the tragic news on Thursday that former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto had been assassinated made me very sad. However, knowing that her arriving motorcade had been attacked by bombers when she returned to Pakistan in October, I was not surprised.

In 2002, I had the honor of meeting...

The front page of The Washington Post has now re-circulated the allegations that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama attended an Islamic school aka "madrassa," when he was living in Indonesia from ages 6 to 10. This supposed fact is then linked to rumors Obama is not a Christian but a...

Black Friday has come and gone. In the midst of the Christmas and holiday shopping season, American consumers are very worried about the safety of the food, toys, and other products displayed on store shelves. Massive recalls of spinach, peanut butter, pet food, toothpaste, tires, toys, ground beef, chili, baby...