White House officials spent hours last week preparing Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for what they anticipate will be a concerted Republican effort to portray her as an "activist" jurist and will counter that her 17 years on the bench are a display of judicial restraint. ...more

July 12, 2009

I just read John Reiniers column titled, "Private sector can't afford public sector employees." ...more

July 8, 2009

If my President Obama is apologizing for me regarding slavery, I would like to retract my part of the apology. ...more

June 23, 2009

Jim Rahenkamp postulates that "the silver tongued Pied Piper of Change" has led us down the slope so far and with such momentum that we have reached the point of no return. He states, "Capitalism requires that production must exceed consumption" and "We no longer export more than we import." I assume this was meant to imply that this condition has come about during the less than six months that President Obama has been in office. ...more

June 17, 2009

Comments from Muslims, analysts and Obama ahead of his speech in Cairo. ...more

June 4, 2009

Since President Obama took office, all you hear from those that didn't want him as president is that he's the blame for the high jobless rate, companies going under and our large deficit. I don't claim to be the sharpest tool in the shed but I do keep up with current events, and the problems President Obama is dealing with were inherited from the past administration and the Republican-controlled Congress. ...more

May 25, 2009

I am confused. Since President Obama started his campaign and ultimately became president, he is being called "the first black president." Why am I confused? From all that I have read, his father was black but his mother was white. Anyway, I look at it like this. He is 50 percent white and 50 percent black, so why is he called black when he should be called the first white and black president? ...more

April 28, 2009

You guys are a little late aren't you? About eight years to be exact. It amazes me to see you all come out now. ...more

April 27, 2009

We need a courageous and outspoken leader like Dawn Johnsen to set America back on the path of the world's moral authority. She is President Obama's nominee to head the Office of Legal Counsel. ...more

April 25, 2009

Attilio Corbo of Palm Harbor says op-ed page columnist James Hibbs should decide whether President Barack Obama deserves praise or criticism. ...more

April 15, 2009