While weighing in about the Republican National Committee's potential 'Reagan Purity Test' for its candidates, I focused primarily on its fiscal policy implications.  Primarily, I took umbrage to the notion that aspiring to emulate the policies o...]]> Pundits have focused recently on President Obama’s declining public opinion polls.  As the President drops to fifty percent approval ratings, the talk speculates on whether the poor economy will sink Democratic prospects in the 2010 mid...]]> This past Saturday, November 21st, was National Adoption Day. A day meant to raise awareness of the children in foster care waiting to find permanent families. This is a great cause worthy of broad support but here in Florida the holiday came and went...]]> MSNBC.com reported Nov.23 that an e-mail proposing a purity test for Republican candidates has been circulating among members of the Republican National Committee (RNC).  Perhaps this should come as no surprise following the informal purity pursu...]]> Unemployment figures in the U.S. are staggering: The official rate stands at 10.2%, the highest in 26 years. A broader measure that includes people who are involuntarily working part-time or who have given up looking for work is at 17.5%. That’s...]]> Thanksgiving is upon us, and with it, lots of overeating, time with family, and the start of the holiday shopping season. Many of us are not the ones who rush to the malls on black Friday, elbow our way through crowds, and walk away with large box pur...]]> There must be something in the Texas water that encourages overreaching by those coming up the ranks of the executive branch.  Take current Governor Rick Perry for example.  The dust swirling around his decision to move forward with the exec...]]> Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ow_nZO8vfQ I don't know about you, but ever since convicted felon Martha Stewart was served up as a sacrificial lamb to federal prosecutors and the SEC, I've become downright fond of her--even though she hawks he...]]> "They love to engage in revisionist history," Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said on the floor of the U.S. Congress, Nov. 19.  She was referring to Democrats as she had risen to speak in opposition to an environmental protection measure intended to sa...]]> Normally I'd be thrilled to see women's health issues make the cover of the New York Times two days in a row, but given the circumstances, I'll pass.Coming up right behind the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force report recommending an end to baseline ...]]>