Passage of a sweeping bill is now considered a lock by the wisest and most conventional Beltway pundits. And legislation may even include the most shining prize of all, the public option that liberals - no matter what the talking points for public consumption - consider a way station to the Valhalla of a government-controlled system. ...more

November 7, 2009

Voters' memo to politicians: We're angry and fearful, mostly about jobs and the economy. We want tangible solutions, not partisan bickering or intraparty spats. And we'll vote either party out of office if we don't think you're listening. ...more

November 5, 2009

The big government takeover has to stop. Ever since liberals claimed power, it has been one bureaucratic scheme after another. ...more

July 19, 2009

I read with great glee the April 27 letter from Dick Artz, "Send liberals abroad." He offered to buy me, a liberal, a ticket for my return to the socialist European country that I most admire. I would like two tickets to France, so that I can take my conservative girlfriend with me to immerse ourselves fully in their socialistic society. ...more

April 29, 2009

The GOP's identity crisis just got more interesting with the recent media splash of Meghan McCain, daughter of the senator who did not become president. ...more

March 29, 2009

The first opinion column, published under this scribbler's name, ran in a Georgia paper about 35 years back. It was a commentary countering a continually popular, liberal-belief that large segments of the population need government financial assistance to merely exist. ...more

March 21, 2009

While I consider our recent President George Bush to have been an overall great president, he goofed big time toward the end of his tenure. The container for the $900 billion economic recovery was so constructed that it was easy for the liberals to get virtually all of the recovery ingredients and fill the container with pork, except for a sprinkling of genuine recovery elements. ...more

February 20, 2009

Here are my comments on the divisive subject of the meaning of "liberal" and "conservative." ...more

February 6, 2009

I read with interest the letter titled simply "Conservatives" printed on Jan. 20 in Highlands Today. Frankly, Roger, reading your letter was a bit confusing. I could not determine whether you intended to drop a bomb on all conservatives, or whether you were mainly critical of such people as George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, etc. ...more

January 23, 2009

War is wrong! ...more

January 15, 2009