Lieutenant Colonel Alan West is running for the U.S. Congress in 2010. Alan is a resident of Broward County, where he settled after retiring from the U.S. Army after 22 years of service. Alan served in Operation Desert Storm, Operation

Another bizarre story of government overreach comes to us out of (previously Great) Britain.Lisa and Paul took their son Zak to the doctor because they were worried he wasn't gaining weight quickly enough. Zak was 17lbs, 6oz and the NHS

Kareem Amer is a young Egyptian blogger. Much like other young people, Kareem is unhappy with certain parts of the society in which he lives. Like many young people, Kareem posted these thoughts to his blog.For this crime of self-expression,

If you're reading this blog, I probably don't have to tell you about ClimateGate. You're probably the kind of person who monitors multiple news sources, evaluates the views from each of them, and creates your own worldview from all the

In the United States we say "A man with a gun is a citizen, a man without a gun is a subject." In Britain, it appears that a man who finds a shotgun and turns it in to his local

Even the U.S. home prices have fallen sharply, the American economy is still at risk from a massive bubble in the prices of many commodities. Commodities such as copper, gold, and sugar are currently demanding extremely high prices — but

for Real Clear Politics. The article is informally written, but I cannot help but think of it as a very early draft for the next American Declaration of Independence.The first American Declaration of Independence reads:... when a long train of

These jokes about the current economy just showed up in my Inbox.As bad as the economy is getting, laughter at least is still free. The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.The economy

While the Obama administration continues to pay lip service to the American ideals of freedom and prosperity, its actions clearly show that it supports very different values.In the waning days of the Bush administration, free trade deals were signed with

A grand jury in Philadelphia recently indicted four men for a plot to support the terrorist group Hezbollah by purchasing 1,200 Colt M4 assault rifles and a number of Stinger missiles and smuggle them into Lebanon through Syria.This sort of

These are the lyrics to "Jefferson and Liberty", a campaign song used by Thomas Jefferson to win the 1800 U.S. presidential election.Note how far the United States has fallen since 1800. Jefferson sang "To tyrants never bend the knee", while

The U.S. maintains an official trade embargo with Cuba, a relic of a time before the United States embraced socialism. Europe and Canada do not have this embargo, and they have been forced to re-learn the risks of doing business

The National Association of Manufacturers recently released The Facts About Modern Manufacturing, which reminds us that one in six U.S. jobs is still tied to manufacturing.The report is also very interesting because it is extremely clear about the difficulties which

Back in July we told you that the U.S. unemployment rate would cross 10% before Christmas, when the Obama administration was still telling Americans that their trillion dollars of pork projects would "create jobs."It should be obvious to everyone now

The National Endowment for the Humanities has published their list of Awards and Offers for August 2009 and the list should be a real eye-opener for the almost 10% of Americans who are unemployed and the much larger percentage of

When faced with unpleasant news, the Obama administration seems unable to take any course other than to attack the messenger.Edmunds, one of the most respected analyst firms in the automotive industry, recently became a target for bilious blatherings from the

The Obama administration has found an impressively sneaky way to gain effective control of several of America's largest corporations.Obama and his cronies in the Congress have "given" Kenneth Feinberg of the Treasury Department dictatorial control over the compensation of the

Apparently, the Obama administration.On 23 August, Tammy Duckworth, Obama's Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace. You can read the transcript here.Duckworth made some statements which simply were not true and Chris "fact checked"

If you're interested in investing, I encourage you to read David Rosenberg's Special Report: The Case for Commodities, Credit, and Canucks.Rosenberg is the Chief Economist at Gluskin Sheff and an almost legendary bear when it comes to economic analysis. This

The Obama administrations jihad against FoxNews is big news these days, but I think it's important to remember that FoxNews wasn't the first news organization to find itself in the crosshairs of Obama's press relations people.That honor is shared by