Monthly Archives: December 2011

Last Tuesday was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation in the House of Representatives. Republicans and Democrats voted 389 to 15 to allow more immigrants with math and science skills to enter America. The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, … Continue reading →

It’s no secret that for the past two months, the Occupy movement has been entrenching itself about as much under the skin of the Tea Party as they have in the nation’s parks and plazas. One of the Tea Party’s … Continue reading →

On December 3rd the future of the United States got a little brighter. The improvement came with Herman Cain’s no más moment regarding the Republican nomination. One distraction down, two more to go- yes, Michele Bachman and Rick Perry Herman … Continue reading →

It is a truth universally acknowledged that, in the GOP primary, no truths last long enough to actually merit universal acknowledgement. The same might be said of the ascending front-runner Newt Gingrich. Conventional wisdom says he may indeed win the … Continue reading →

The erosion of US-Iran relations rapidly picked up speed this week. A new round of sanctions is under discussion after the Iranian government incited a riot against the British Embassy on Tuesday, on Friday the US Nato Ambassador declared the … Continue reading →

Herman Cain’s love affair with the media at times catapulted him into becoming a frontrunner for the GOP Presidential Campaign.  He won the support of many Americans with his simple 9-9-9 flat tax plan, took the moniker of “Cornbread,” and … Continue reading →

On Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate fell from 9.0 to 8.6 percent in November. However, if it continues to hover between 8.5 and 8.7 percent on Election Day, as the Federal Reserve Board speculates, … Continue reading →

It has long been known that far more Americans consider themselves “conservatives” than “liberals.” And considering how far to the right what it means to be a “liberal” has become, it makes sense that President Obama has never been the … Continue reading →