Coburn's Plan: Spare no Expense, including the Marines

Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) has proposed a moving budget plan that will make massive cuts to the long-term accounting in this coutnry.Like a modern-day Moses, Coburn is dedicated to bringing the United States across the Red Sea of Debt to the Promised Land of the...

Coburn's Plan: Bold, Sassy, and . . .Doomed (?)

Finally, someone in Washington has the guts to step up to the podium and propose a plan with drastic cuts and necessary revenue increases.Senator Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) has prepared a long-term budget plan which is determined to appall everyone, yet if passed, will...

Final Stretch of CA-36th House Race

At last, the race is almost over.Mudslinging always slips into the fray in the last week, no matter what steps the candidates take to remain above the fracas of name-calling and attack ads.Janice Hahn purloined an endorsement from Louis Zamperini, South Bay World War...

Murdoch on the Rocks

News Corps publication "News of the World" faces severe allegations of bribery, phone hacking, and other unethical practices in pursuit of the next bit of juicy gossip. The icky net of this scandal reaches to the mishandled investigation of a murdered girl,...

Debt Ceiling Dance

Congress is moving to an interesting dance craze these days, "The Debt Ceiling Dance":"You cut $1 billion hereYou tax $1 billion there.You talk a little, balk a little, then angrily storm out.You do the Debt Ceiling Dance, and you bicker all...