The Sorry State of Obama’s Disunion
Is it just me? Or did you also think that “America’s greatest orator” came across as flat, dull and uninspired in his State of the Union speech a week ago? ...
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Must We Raise the National Debt Ceiling?
Congress may soon once again raise the national debt ceiling — for the 81st time since 1940! The ceiling limits how deeply in debt the federal government can go. Right now,...
Will the New Congress Have the Guts to Do It?
Here we are at the beginning of a new year. It’s a time of reflection, as we look back on the past 12 months and look ahead to the next 12....
The Worst Books Ever
Have you read a really bad book lately? No, I don’t mean one of those “beach books” with poor plotting, inane dialogue and pitiful characterization. Lord knows there are plenty of...
TSA Gets Up Close and Personal
Trust Jay Leno, America’s humorist, to get a laugh out of it. The Tonight Show audience howled when he said, “It was bad enough when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents...
The Real Thanksgiving Story
Did you know that our Pilgrim forefathers tried communism when they first landed at Plymouth Rock? ...
Watch Out for Those Lame Ducks!
More than 100 members of Congress who will be looking for work in January came back to their desks on Capitol Hill last week. What can we expect from this bunch...
This Was No Mere Election, It Was a Restraining Order
In Tuesday's elections, the Republicans gained more than 60 seats, and now have a comfortable majority, in the U.S. House of Representatives, the world's most important legislative body. This is incredibly...
Wait Until We Throw These Rascals Out
I read a very depressing statistic recently. In a nationwide poll, some 63 percent of adult Americans said they do not think they will be able to maintain their present standard...
A Trillion Reasons to Buy Gold Now
I can already hear some of you saying, “Now Chip really has lost his mind. Doesn’t he know gold is the most expensive it’s ever been? It’s been hitting new highs day after...
Honoring Our Country’s Flag
Do you live in a community of flag flyers? I’m happy to say that I do. Several of my neighbors fly the Stars and Stripes proudly every day of the year....
It’s the Spending, Stupid
Now there’s a message I hope you’ll see and hear a lot between now and election day — on bumper stickers on the backs of cars, in email messages and letters to the...
The Conspiracy That Is the Federal Reserve
How much money do you have in your wallet? I’m not trying to be nosey. I want to make a very important point about what is wealth — and why what we...
Let’s Throw This Rascal Out
If there were any liberal Democrats in the crowd that filled Bally’s Convention Center in Las Vegas two weeks ago, they kept a very low profile. Because from the opening bell,...
Let’s Be Honest About Sen. Robert Byrd
There’s been a lot written over the past 12 days about the death of Robert Byrd, the so-called “last lion of the Senate.” But the West Virginia senator was no lion...