As Canada celebrates the conclusion of their best Winter Olympic games ever, and Russia prepares to host the next round, I can’t help but wonder if politics will play a greater role in the 2014 games than they did in the 2010 games.
While Canada certainly had home ice advantage for the Gold Medal hockey game, [...]

Thursday’s Health Care summit showed that President Obama is resolute to pass the complete version of his health care plan, refusing to consider smaller plans or to acquiesce to any Republican concerns. And he’s so confident that he believes he’s doing the right thing, that he’s willing to bet his Congressional majorities on it.
In Texas [...]

A very good friend of mine emailed me today wondering what I thought of the $15 billion dollar jobs bill, which recently passed in the U.S. Senate. She also wondered if I thought Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown was a RINO, Republican in name only.
I’ll tell you what I told her.
I don’t think Scott Brown is a [...]

As a fan of acerbic animation, I often find some of my favorite shows are the topic of controversy. It’s happened to The Simpsons, South Park and of course, Family Guy.
Family Guy is the latest to cause controversy, not by offending a whole group or association, but this time by offending one former Governor of [...]

Indiana Senator Evan Byah is the most recent Democratic Senator to send shockwaves through Washington and his own party by announcing that he will not seek re-election this November. After only two terms in the U.S. Senate, Byah said that he feels there are better ways to serve the citizens of the U.S. than in [...]

When email just started to get popular, urban legend type emails also became popular. One of my favorites was the email that would urge you to sign a virtual petition because the United States Post Office was going to start charging postage or a tax on every email. It was meant to incite people, but [...]

The recent passing of Rep. John Murtha made me think about seniority this week. While announcing his passing, the news program I was watching also mentioned that he was the eighth most senior member of Congress, and that he was elected in 1974. After a bit of research, I realized that four members of Congress [...]

President Obama used a live interview with Katie Couric to announce his plans for a bi-partisan health care reform summit, openly inviting Republicans to participate in the process.
Some saw this as a move of weakness, possibly admitting defeat on health care. I don’t see it that way. I see this as a bold political move [...]

The latest chapter of the medical marijuana saga in Colorado has inspired me to think of the very basis of our government and how we have chosen to run our society.
Don’t worry, I won’t get too deep, but bear with me.
Sensible Colorado, a non-profit made up of supporters of the medicinal marijuana dispensaries, announced Thursday [...]

With the primary campaign season beginning to warm up, there has been a lot of talk about fighting the D.C. “Insiders”, as if they were a hockey team, or better yet, an evil professional wrestling tag team.
And living and working in Washington D.C. is not stopping some from condemning this evil “Insider” threat, as if [...]