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Karl Rove is symbolic of GOP woes. Rove is probably rooting for Huckabee or Romney. Typical establishment Republicans. Neither excites the conservative base. If one wants to see a competitive race in 2012, the GOP had better find a truly assertive, brash, charismatic plain-speaker. Someone...

Sad news: there is just no way the GOP pulls 50% of the presidential vote in 2012. Demographics indicate the Democrats have a stranglehold on at least half the voting public. No matter how badly the economy struggles, no matter the full push toward socialism, no matter Obama's associations...

The economic vise continues to tighten for many Americans. As we all remember, a sudden spike in fuel prices in 2008 presaged the great recession that still lingers. Disposable income for many families does not exist. More consumers will pull back on spending. Big ticket items like new cars...

This image brought on several minutes of quiet introspection. Those of us who can play ape or dinosaur with equal conviction are rarely paid such high tribute.

We could easily cut Big Government by 50% and get by just fine. Most growth in the size of government has happened in the last 30 to 40 years. American government functioned perfectly well when it was smaller and less intrusive. We now have more government than we can afford. The US federal...

Humanitarian crisis? More like an unadvised, ill-informed plunge into military adventurism. But, there is good news: we have a Nobel Peace Prize winner in the White House providing strong leadership. Surely, this warmonger has earned his place on Mount Rushmore. In fact, let us petition the...

Japan's massive earthquake, now acknowledged by the USGS to be a magnitude 9.0 combined with a tremendous tsunami to deliver a one-two punch which crippled some of the nation's coastline nuclear plants. The combined effect superseded human engineering...to a point. Luckily, as of now, the...

I advise getting a good, solid CPA in your local community. Any competent accountant should easily handle an LLC involved in trucking. First-time entrepreneurs are often bewildered by business and tax regulations. No need to worry with a CPA guiding you through the process. First...

Greg, there is so much to be learned from any nuclear accident. It is a mighty narrow view to think it is of no concern to other people outside Japan. Because fossil fuels are diminishing, our planet will have an ever increasing need for nuclear energy. This possible environmental calamity...

Trying to follow coverage of the radiation leaks from damaged reactors in Japan has been confusing. One or more reactors may be seriously compromised. It seems the Japanese government is torn between the competing impulses to be transparent about sharing vital information versus the instinct...

Only Obama could take presidential leadership to such dithering heights.

Some are so contemptible of the US military, it shouldn't be a great surprise they find themselves sympatico with protests of military funerals. Some may enjoy a moment of quiet pleasure at the announcement of another dead US soldier. Some never miss an opportunity to make a disparaging remark...

American taxpayers will pay for Mexican compliance. Why is our government so anxious to subsidize the entrance of Mexican trucking into the interior regions of our country? At first it will be only a trickle, a few companies in the pilot program with shiny trucks and reasonably competent...

Not that anyone's counting, but Alison Krauss has won 26 Grammy Awards. Hard to believe she's still in her 30's. Lots of music left to play if she can avoid burnout. Catch Alison's live performances with Union Station if you can. Worth time, travel and trouble.

Cheri... my wife recently bought a Mazda Miata with a 5-speed manual transmission. Zippy little car, but I don't like driving at eye level with a kid on a tricycle.

Biggie-Meanie had to sleep at some point; thus, he needed a modicum of popular support. Survival has always required cooperation of the group. Coercive cooperation or cooperation by consensus? I imagine both were practiced then as now. One prefers to think social orders built around a...

Voting "rights" stem from the natural right of free thought or the exercise of free expression. Voting is in one sense an expression of free speech. The natural right to speak up or cast support for a leader or idea. Natural rights exist independently of government. Legal rights are...

Constitutional rights are those recognized by law. That said, government cannot create rights. Government can only acknowledge them. Inherent or natural rights are universally true but not universally acknowledged.

039... we aren't electing a preacher nor are we nominating someone recently recovering from Stage IV cancer. Mr Cain sounds like a very fine man but his health problems render him unviable. Sorry.

I just did a cursory look with Google. Mr Cain has certainly lived an interesting life. One brief report says Cain is recovering from StageIV cancer. If Cain wants to reach conservatives such as myself, he needs to kick it up a notch. Name recognition matters. This much is sure, I will be...