Collecting My Thoughts

What’s driving American job growth? Wall St. Journal reports that in progressive states, it’s government, social assistance and healthcare....

When I left the liberal left (i.e., the Democrat party) in 2000 I only knew about the one issue that mattered most to me: abortion . Democr...

What is the dividing line between liberal and conservative?  Government.  The bigger the better for liberals, smaller and only as much as ne...

“While the sequester is an imperfect mechanism to reduce spending, as the brunt of the cuts falls disproportionally on defense, it only amou...

So much in this excellent article, "The audacity of the state," about the nanny state, or the paternal state, or the savior state,...

If you’re headed for a cliff you’ve got to change direction says our President. "Our public policy definitely needs a change in direct...

3625 Less Federal money for housing assistance That's the story today in the Columbus Dispatch . Licking, Fairfield, and Pickaway Cou...

3580 To report abuse Have you ever thought of picking up the phone when you see this statement on a government publication: "To repor...

3531 Horses slaughtered for human consumption When I was working in the veterinary medicine library in the 90s, I often read the trade ne...

Citizens Against Government Waste was founded following the lead of President Ronald Reagan in establishing the President’s Private Secto...

3388 Common sense consumption, pt. 1 We'd better develop a taste for it, because the lefties, greenies and tree huggers are hooking u...