"I assembled this team because I'm a strong believer in strong personalities and strong opinions. I think that's how the best decisions are made. One of the dangers in the White House, based on my reading of history, is that you get wrapped up in group think and everybody agrees with everything and there's no discussion and there are no dissenting views." ...more

December 2, 2008

For those of us who didn't live through The Great Depression, these days are as scary as they come when it comes to our country's economic situation. It seems as if every day there's a new angle to our woes, and most folks feel helpless to do anything about it. ...more

November 21, 2008

Well, the Congress passed the bailout bill, sweetened with $150 billion extra to get malingering representatives, needing something other than duty to their country, to vote for the bill. The bill now totals $850 billion. ...more

October 5, 2008

I was water-skiing with my children in a light drizzle off Hyannis, Mass., last month when a sudden, fierce storm plunged us into a melee of towering waves, raking rain, painful hail and midday darkness broken by blinding flashes of lightning. ...more

September 27, 2008

The 37th Ryder Cup begins Friday at Valhalla Golf Club outside Louisville, Ky., and American golf is sweating bullets. Three in a row and five of the past six biennial competitions have been won by Europe. And the foreign squad is again a lopsided favorite. ...more

September 14, 2008

John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He's a traditionalist, but is not energized by the social conservative agenda. As Rush Limbaugh understands, but the Democrats apparently do not, a McCain administration would not be like a Bush administration. ...more

September 4, 2008

Get The Point? I am a Republican, and very conservative. In fact, I'm even more on the right than Rush Limbaugh! ...more

August 6, 2008

Thinking 'out loud until it started to hurt... ...more

August 2, 2008

Leaving aside for a moment the obvious difficulties facing Republican candidates this election season, much of what ails the campaign at the tip-top of the GOP ticket could be found Thursday night in, of all places, the kickoff event on behalf of John McCain in Pasco County. ...more

July 20, 2008

Democrat Barack Obama's campaign said Thursday that Michelle Obama never used the word "whitey" in a speech from the church pulpit as he launched a Web site to debunk rumors about himself and his wife. ...more

June 13, 2008