Collecting My Thoughts

I got an email from The University of Illinois System (Chicago, Urbana, Springfield) warning me that "Cuts to federal research funding ...

I've suggested that if you have a pension or private investments, you take a look at the Annual Reports to see what the DIE (diversity i...

15 November 2016 Editor, Wall Street Journal 1211 6th Ave. New York, NY 10036 Dear Editor: Sen. Elizabeth Warren is upset that Pr...

The latest EpiPen story is one more way to not tell Hillary's story as far as I'm concerned. There are hundreds of companies who b...

White House dot gov yesterday, when everyone was focused on the crotch bomber or leaving the office for a 4 day week-end, another 25,000 new...

No. They are never accurate. War. Peace. Highways. Social Security. CO2. Schools. Even pork (earmarks) aren't accurate. Never. Does th...

Time to e-mail your senator. Here’s an appointment that needs some old fashioned, Obama-promised transparency. Craig Becker, Associate Gen...

"The Waxman-Markey climate change bill, a 1,427-page special-interest wish list, was put together in such a rush that the allowance per...

Pillows and Politics--the price we pay This morning I was changing the sheets on the bed at the cottage, and realized the pillows I purchase...

Lobbyists doing very well under Obama Here's a job growth sector Obama has really helped. Lobbying. Lobbyists began pouring money into h...

Lobbying activity increases under Obama Wow. Now that's change you can count. And mighty fast, too. It's only been 2 months! ...

If Congress would stop acting pious maybe I could get my trip log finished. Today WSJ confirmed the "outrageous" bonuses that memb...

How hard can it be to get federal money? Amateurs can do it. Ohio's former Attorney General Marc Dann was a crook and a philanderer. He ...