GOP Gripes about Payroll Tax Cut Extension

It seems all topsy-turvy in Washington, D.C.: the Democrats want to extend a tax cut, and the Republicans are blocking it outright.This is sensible, not outrageous. The Tea Party caucus is committed to debt and government reduction, not just tax cuts that also...

"Pulling the Trigger" — Why Not Aim Higher?

Parents in Compton, California attempted to enforce an exchange of leadership at a local elementary school last year.Because of a leaky loophole in the trigger law, Compton invalidated the attempt.Another grassroots organization is rising, this time in Lynwood, where...

Who is the Toughest of them All?

Republicans and Illegal Immigration: a sticky subject, one which is threatening once again to split the party and derail the GOP Presidential nominee.Pragmatism must reign supreme in the final policy.The United States government simply cannot expel 11 million...

Brown Pushes Pension Reform

Governor Brown: is that you?Are you really leading the charge for pension reform in Sacramento?I don't know whether to laugh or refuse to pay my taxes.Of course, I choose to laugh. I laugh for joy, in that a Democratic governor in a Democratic state is leading the...

Reflections on "My Utmost" December 1

Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all —James 2:10The moral law does not consider our weaknesses as human beings; in fact, it does not take into account our heredity or infirmities. It simply demands that we be absolutely...