In a vote that shook the government, Wall Street and markets around the world, the House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation’s financial system, leaving both parties and the Bush administration struggling to pick up the pieces. The Dow Jones industrials plunged nearly 800 points, the most ever for a [...]

Ronald Reagan once said, “The scariest words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government, and I’m here to help’”. Reagan was right. The prospect of the government assuming total power over a considerable segment of the US economy is frightening to say the least.  It cannot be emphasized enough – the Free Market [...]

Over the past few days, I have been thinking.  I really like Sarah Palin.  She seems to be a real conservative.  On the other hand, John McCain did a very effective job of pointing out that he’s still the same John McCain that I didn’t want to put in the White House before he picked [...]