Seventh District Blues

Shortly after learning that Republican Mark Meuser had decided not to file for the State Senate District Seven Special Election, I had discovered that an RNC alternative from Pleasanton, Michaela Hertle, did file. Michaela Hertle So, one Republican would still contend...

God, The Government, and Governor John Kasich

Governor John Kasich (R-OH) In his latest turn on Fox News Sunday, Ohio Governor John Kasich spent a lot of time talking about God: I'm a believer, as a conservative, that everybody has a God-given purpose. Welcome words in a very secular period in this...

Mitt Did the Right Thing (Finally!)

Mitt: I am not running in 2016 At the end of 2014, the 2012 GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney declared three times on Fox News that he was not running for President. It was crystal clear to everyone watched that he was not going to run again, and they took the man...

Philadelphia, Twenty-Two Years Later

I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt.I was unrecognizable to myself.Saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face.Oh brother are you gonna leave me wastin' away (from Philadelphia, by Bruce Springsteen) This past weekend, one...

De Leon's Unsightly Lack of Insight on Oversight

Quid custodiet ipsos custodes? Indeed, who will watch the watchers themselves in Sacramento? Late last year, newly installed state senator Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles?) eliminated the State State government oversight office. All while the FBI was investigating a...