Small Government

When President Obama proposed his national Health Care reform, a mixed economy of private Insurance and Public Option was proposed. The response was politically over-whelming that a Public Option would be "socialism" and unacceptable. The essentia…

Today, the Texas Republican Assembly Board of Directors announced their Endorsement of State Representative Ken Paxton (R-McKinney) for Speaker in the Texas House of Representatives. The race for speaker in the Texas House is the first fight for c…

Many Conservatives and small-government advocates have made the case that the number of government employees has increased or, at least, that they are in a better situation than Private Sector employees during this Recession. Paul Krugman of the N…

New York magazine has a long piece out by Christopher Beam that, for a much of its wingspan, makes a pretty fair and quote-rich argument for us living in something that at least approaches a "Libertarian moment." Sample: There's never been a bett…

To paraphrase a legendary hack by the name of Churchill: Massachusetts is the worst state in the country — except for all the others. We are about to lose one congressional seat so that folks streaming into places such as Killeen, Texas; or…

Or…whither Liberalism? The political composition of U.S. adults held fairly steady in 2010 compared with 2009. Conservatives remained the largest group, followed by moderates and then liberals . At 35%, the percentage of moderates has decl…

The go-getter GOP freshmen who won election in November aren’t going to follow their House leaders blindly—at least, Allen West isn’t. West penned a letter to incoming Majority Leader Eric Cantor last week with a simple messag…

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) sparked the movement to “audit the Fed.” Now he might get his way. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, announced Thursday that Paul will chair the subcommittee that…