Failure of supercommittee starts the blame game Last week, to no one’s real surprise, the Congressional “supercommittee” announced that it had failed to agree on spending cuts and tax hikes which were to total a targeted amount of $1.5 trillion dollars. After three months of negotiations, this group of six Democrats and six Republicans from [...]
The parade of the little penguins By Benjamin Tompkins Six little penguins can’t decide to dive- One falls in, and now there are five… — “Penguin’s First Swim” It’s friggin’ freezing out here. Seriously. I clearly remember my father telling me not to bother packing my down jacket because “Australian winters are not like Ohio [...]
Stop spending! Stop spending! Seriously … stop spending!! By David H. Landon The U.S. budget deficit has reached critical mass. President Obama’s budget for fiscal year 2012 is projected to be $3.818 trillion. Unfortunately, revenues are projected to only be $2.228 trillion, leaving a deficit for the fiscal year of $1.590 trillion. We continue to [...]
Occupy Wall Street and the First Amendment On November 15, in a predawn operation, New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the clearing of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) encampment in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. Police in riot gear moved into the park shortly after officers handed out notices to protesters warning them the [...]
The right to remain silent By Jolene Pohl I am not a law student or a lawyer but I am a citizen of the United States with a nifty pocket book Constitution from the ACLU. According to that book, the First Amendment protects my right to say what I want in the form of press, [...]
Protecting the Heartbeat of America By David H. Landon I’ve always believed that science would eventually play a critical role in shrinking the period of time that a civilized society would allow for a legal abortion. Poll after poll shows that when the unborn child is viewed as a small person rather than a mass [...]
Calls intensify for an aggressive ban on exotic animals in Ohio The scene last month near Zanesville, Ohio was described by Jack Hanna, director emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, as what one would expect if Noah’s Ark had crashed. There were at one time 56 wild animals roaming the Muskingum County countryside. [...]
Ohio Republican Legislature passes expanded conceal and carry law With Governor John Kasich’s signature last week, Ohio will change its state gun laws to allow people to wear concealed guns into facilities that serve alcohol. The Republican-led Ohio House voted 55-39 in favor of the change and the GOP-led Senate concurred with a vote of [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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