“We get the government we deserve.” —Alexis de Tocqueville               “… government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish …” —Abraham Lincoln               “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you have.” —Thomas Jefferson I have received a […]

Liberals are fretting and conservatives are chortling over the mini-disaster that the rollout of the Affordable Care Act has been. Here are the details:  The opportunity to sign up for affordable health insurance was supposed to be available on a government website as of October 1.  But almost immediately, it became apparent that the government […]

The government is up and running again, and the nation’s debts will be paid for another four months, or at least the better part thereof.  That was the good news that emerged from the eleventh hour capitulation by Congressional Republicans last week. With the government about to reach the limit of the available indebtedness that […]

With Congress all tied up in knots over an issue that shouldn’t even be an issue, attention shifts to the President and what his options might be.  They are, simply stated, limited and bad, but one is clearly preferable over the other.  Before I describe the options, here are the basic facts that need to […]