Obama Wants To Dig The Hole Even Deeper! J. D. Longstreet [9/7/10] What IS it with Democrats? Common sense tells us that one cannot spend one's self out of debt. Common sense also tells us the national pocketbook is not bottomless. Sooner or later we will run out of money.

Puppets and Puppet Masters Burt Prelutsky [9/6/10] It will soon be Election Day and already I'm catching heck from a number of readers who are taking me to task for suggesting that it's better to vote for a mediocre Republican than for a wonderful Democrat, although I can't for the life of me think of anyone who fits that description.

Feels Like a Depression to Me Alan Caruba [9/6/10] Between the time that George Washington took the first oath of office as president and when Barack Obama did-1789 to 2009, the United States had borrowed nine trillion dollars. Since Obama took office, it has borrowed or imposed nearly three trillion more debt. Tell me he is not deliberately seeking to bankrupt the nation.

I Don't Celebrate Labor Day J. D. Longstreet [9/6/10] Today is Labor Day in the US. Labor Day is a celebration of Labor Unions. I don't support labor unions; therefore I do not celebrate Labor Day.

Money, Mosques, and Monkey Business Burt Prelutsky [9/3/10] By this time, I'm sure you've all heard Senators Coburn and McCain reporting on all the goofy nonsense that has been financed by Obama's trillion-dollar stimulus bill. But in case you missed the announcement, some of the items were new windows for a tourist center that's been closed since 2007 and that nobody plans to re-open; a study of grandparent roles in Alaska; international ant research; repairing a sidewalk that leads to a ditch in Boynton, Oklahoma; $760,000 to study improvised music; $200,000 to help Siberian communities lobby Russian policy makers; and $700,000 to study why monkeys respond negatively to inequity.

Iraq - An End or an Escalation? Ron Paul [9/3/10] Amid much fanfare last week, the last supposed "combat" troops left Iraq as the administration touted the beginning of the end of the Iraq War and a change in the role of the United States in that country. Considering the continued public frustration with the war effort, and with the growing laundry list of broken promises, this was merely another one of the administration's operations in political maneuvering and semantics in order to convince an increasingly war-weary public that the Iraq War is at last ending.

Israel And Palestinian Peace Talks are a Farce J. D. Longstreet [9/3/10] This whole dog and pony show of Middle East Peace Talks, between Israel and the so-called Palestinians, is a carefully orchestrated performance by the Obama Regime. Calling for a peace agreement within one year blew the lid off any chance that these talks would be taken seriously by anyone who pays even the slightest attention to world affairs. So far, all we have seen is more proof that the Obama Regime is in WAY over its head in foreign affairs.

The Third American Revolution Tom DeWeese [9/2/10] The revolution of 1776 was not just an exercise by armed men seeking to overthrow their current government - as had been done so many times throughout history.

The Hardest Decision Of My Life Chuck Baldwin [9/2/10] Last Sunday, August 29, 2010, was the hardest day of my life. Even when my father made me promise that I would preach his funeral (which I did--twice: once in Indiana where he lived, and again in Florida where I live and where he is buried), that was not as difficult and gut wrenching as what I had to do last Sunday. Last Sunday, I retired as the pastor of the church that my wife and I founded 35 years ago: the Crossroad Baptist Church of Pensacola, Florida.

A Commander-in-Chief Not Worthy Of His Troops J. D. Longstreet [9/2/10] America did not win the war in Iraq. That's a fact. America did not win the first Iraq war. That, too, is a fact. Iraq is set up, as we write these few comments, for its next dictator -- with at least a couple of Iraqis preening themselves in the shadows just waiting for the moment, which will not be long in coming.

A Plea For Intolorence Burt Prelutsky [9/1/10] Lately, you have probably noticed that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has taken to lecturing the rest of us on tolerance. I call it presumptuous, as well as ill-timed. It's presumptuous because he believes that he, alone, is in a position to tell Americans how we should feel about a massive mosque being built next to Ground Zero, as if being wealthy and an elected official somehow provided him with a moral superiority that we mere mortals could never hope to match.

Obama and FDR: They Really Are Alike! Dennis T. Avery [9/1/10] We've spent $787 billion on a stimulus program that didn't stimulate. We've obligated at least $1 trillion to raise everyone's future health care costs. The Democrats have just scraped up $26 billion to bail out public employee unions no matter how lavish their contracts. The Federal deficit may well double, to more than $20 trillion, by 2020.

You Wouldn't Take a Dog to that Clinic Michael R. Shannon [9/1/10] Fetuses all across Virginia are smiling on their sonograms this week in the wake of Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's opinion that concludes the Commonwealth can legally resume oversight over "clinics" that abort the unborn.

Free Will Applies to a Person, not a Country Amber Pawlik [8/31/10] President Obama announced that U.S. combat operations in Iraq will end on August 31. He said, "But the bottom line is this: the war is ending. Like any sovereign, independent nation, Iraq is free to chart its own course."

We Need A Revolution, Not A Movement Chuck Baldwin [8/31/10] The elections of 2008 (and the early elections of 2010) produced two significant phenomena: the "Ron Paul Revolution," and the "Tea Party Movement." And, mark it down: both of them will have profound effects upon the upcoming November elections--and upon the 2012 elections as well. Call them what you want, however, America doesn't need another movement; it needs a genuine revolution.

It Is A Fearful Thing To Fall Into The Hands Of The Living God J. D. Longstreet [8/31/10] I grew up at a time when a southern gentleman had a bible in one hand and a firearm in the other. We could pray or fight, at the drop of a hat, whatever the preference of our advisory might be.

Crimes and Misdemeanors Burt Prelutsky [8/30/10] As I sit here, I have no idea how things will play out for Charles Rangel and Maxine Waters, although I find it highly unlikely that either of them will end up in a congressional trial, no matter how much the defendants claim they wish to have the air cleared. When Nancy Pelosi insisted that under the Democrats, the swamp that is Capitol Hill would be drained, she should have kept in mind that after such a draining it's not treasure chests and fields of four-leaf clovers that are uncovered, but creepy, crawly things.

Our Schools, Dumb and Dumber Alan Caruba [8/30/10] As the nation's children return to elementary and secondary schools, it is increasingly essential that their parents and communities coast to coast realize how poorly served they are and how their learning environment is increasingly tainted by a socialist agenda.

America On The Brink Of Nuclear Destruction? J. D. Longstreet [8/30/10] " ... intelligence reports from various sources say al Qaeda has already smuggled from 7 to 70 nuclear weapons into the country across the Mexican border. American intelligence experts believe the number to be closer to 7 than 70 but admit the threat is very real."

Leaders in Name Only Burt Prelutsky [8/27/10] I suppose it's only natural that politicians who wind up on Capitol Hill forget that they are mere mortals. After all, when everyone is vying for your attention and all the Sunday talk shows are eager to have you stop by and spout off, and you have as many flunkies at your beck and call as Marie Antoinette, it must be awfully easy to believe you have achieved royal status. In fact, all that you've really done is beat out some other schnook in a popularity contest.

How I Learned to Love the Bomb Alan Caruba [8/27/10] As a child in the 1950s, I learned how to "duck and cover" in order to protect myself from an atomic bomb explosion. Little did I know that the instruction should have been "Kiss your asterisk goodbye."

Will The US Military Be Disenfranchised this November? J. D. Longstreet [8/27/10] There is concern that Obama's DOJ, under the leadership of Eric Holder, the US Attorney General, might not be enforcing the new Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act as vigorously as they should.

John McCain's Attack On Liberty Chuck Baldwin [8/26/10] Anyone paying attention knows that John McCain has been a Big-Government Globalist Neocon (BGGN) for virtually his entire senatorial career. As with many BGGNs hiding out in the Republican Party, McCain likes to talk about smaller government, but his track record is littered with the promotion of one big government program after another. But, what else would one expect from a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)?

End environmental experiments on Africans! Fiona Kobusingye [8/26/10] I wish I had a shilling for every time someone told me spraying homes with DDT to prevent malaria is like using Africans in evil experiments. I would be a rich woman.

That claim is a blatant falsehood. Even worse, it hides the many ways poor Africans really are being used in environmental experiments that cause increased poverty, disease and death.

Has Mexico Become Somalia? J. D. Longstreet [8/26/10] If Republicans recapture the US Congress this November, one of the first orders of business should be to fence off our southern neighbor, Mexico.

Dracula, Frankenstein, and a Lib Walk Into a Bar Burt Prelutsky [8/25/10] In all the old horror movies, the master villain always had an assistant. More often that not, his name was Igor. He tended to lurch and he was usually a hunchback. I always wondered how he got the job. I mean, how would you go about finding someone who'd round up a human brain at a moment's notice? Was it by referral? Did they hook up during Career Day at the Academy for the Criminally Insane? Did he answer an ad in the New York Times?

''Extreme Weather?'' Not Yet! Dennis T. Avery [8/25/10] Churchville, VA-The death toll from recent "extreme weather events" has been sharply declining since the 1920s, as my valued colleague Indur Goklany has valorously pointed out. Air conditioning, flood control, earthquake proofing and better weather forecasting have all helped. Despite vast media coverage, extreme weather now causes only a half-percent of global deaths. A large part of the gains came through crop production increases using fossil-fueled industrial fertilizers and irrigation pumps. This meant the world had fossil-fueled food to share with countries suddenly caught by devastating (but short- term) drought or flood.

Obama Lacks Respect Among World Leaders J. D. Longstreet [8/25/10] Americans like to be liked. At least, that is what we have been told for decades. And while it is true to an extent, it is not one hundred percent true. In fact, the American people will take respect over likeability when the occasion calls for it. Actually, the American people's desire for respect far exceeds that of their leaders who are, of course, politicians. We all know that a politician's political life depends upon his/her "likeability factor." It is far more important to them to be liked than to be respected.

Brass Ring Escapes Again Michael R. Shannon [8/24/10] My local delegate to the Virginia state house, Bob Marshall (R-Prince William) is not particularly popular in Richmond because he's conservative even when it's inconvenient.

Dates That Destroyed America Chuck Baldwin [8/24/10] The decision by Congress to socialize medicine in the US ranks among the most draconian, most egregious, most horrific actions ever taken by the central government in Washington, D.C. This bill rocks the principles of liberty and constitutional government to the core. It changes fundamental foundations; it repudiates historical principle. Oh! The same flag may fly on our flagpoles, the same monuments may grace our landscape, and the same National Anthem may be sung during our public ceremonies, but it is not the same America. The Congress of the United States has now officially turned America into a socialist state.