WASHINGTON — Every week brings fresh evidence that America’s unemployment crisis is much deeper and more systemic than predicted — yet Washington seems unwilling or unab...
Homeowners and businesses depend on firefighters for their safety and to protect their property in the event of a fire. Firefighters, in turn, depend on their training.
...
Some of the best politicians and public servants are found on the local level. When they win the voters’ confidence, their goal simply is to do the job they were elected...
Politicians carve us up into a pie - each of them selecting a piece they will cater to, then disrespecting the rest. They call names, hurl insults and turn us into ster...
Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night stays the U.S. Postal Service from its appointed rounds, as long as it gets a giant bailout. Largely reduced to a delivery servi...
No matter which food group was at the top and which at the bottom, the venerable food pyramid never did make much sense. How big were the servings supposed to be? And wh...
Raising the debt ceiling, like so much else in Washington, D.C., has become political theater, devolving to a game of chicken. Both sides admit that failing to raise the...
WASHINGTON — Because government is inherently dangerous and often mischievous, the Constitution’s framers provided, and congressional rules have multiplied, mechanisms f...
That's the problem with people - notice I say people, not just politicians - in America today. Everyone makes mistakes, but there's no sense of modesty or perspective a...
The state law passed five years ago giving voters the right to veto or approve school property tax increases above the rate of inflation hasn't worked.
It's not because ...
