Shortly after the events of 9/11, the Bush administration sought and was granted fairly sweeping powers to combat terrorism by Congress. Well, “sweeping powers” may be a mis-statement depending on yor point of view. I really don’t feel like delving into the intricate details, so lets just summarize by saying that the Executive Branch was [...]
Yes, I know this is supposed to be a political blog, but sometimes I just don’t feel like talking about politics (those times are rare but they do occur). Today is one of those days. I have been alternating between writing a paper on minimizing overtime on large construction projects and reading the news and [...]
I read a fairly interesting piece today which discussed the recent announcement from the White House of new guidelines on executive pay for companies who received bailout money. The article starrted me thinking about the reasons that people believe CEO’s make too much many and just how much is too much. You can read it [...]
So it appears the White House administration is not very pleased with Fox News’ coverage of them and their policies. Somehow, I seriously doubt that this is the first time that a political entity has felt that a segment of the press was not on the same page as them idealogically. I am also fairly [...]
First off, welcome to Chris as the second contributor to the blog! I am sure he will have many great revelations for us and will help to tame my hard right leaning tendencies. I am currently looking for one more contributor to add a left side point of view on things, more on that to [...]
I have been pondering a gun control post for awhile now and a recent news article has prompted me to go ahead and broach the subject. Combined with the fact that I am just about sick to death of talking about health care, this story really got me to thinking hard about responsible gun ownership [...]