How Party Politics and Campaigning Developed in Early America

George Washington's secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, supported the idea of a strong central government. The political party he formed by became known as the Federalist Party. Thomas Jefferson, Washington's secretary of state, believed that a strong central government would quickly become as oppressive to its citizens as the British government had been to American colonists.

The Nancy Pelosi Bureaucracy is Not the Answer to America’s Health Care Woes

Even if you work for a large corporation that is rife with bureaucracy you know the reaction that you would receive if you presented your boss with a two thousand page proposal accompanied by a flow chart that looks like the Pelosi "flow chart". The problem is that Congress cannot avoid creating bureaucracies like the one they just created in HR-3962.

Why I Think Marcos Was Good For Us Filipinos

Was that a WTF I heard? Why would anyone think that Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was good for the Philippines, and what am I on you ask?

Time For Obama to Listen to Saner Voices

The same old question continues to haunt Obama as was before him when he assumed office in January should he continue the course charted by his predecessor, which has caused great damage to his country and drawing it further into the sinkhole; or deliver on the promise of hope and change he made not only to his own people but the whole world? That time he missed the opportunity granted by a broad national mandate and the universal consensus against the Bush policies. One hopes he won't miss the...

Oh My, It is Another Washington Fairy Tale

Listening to the chest beating in Washington about all the wonderful things they are doing for the American People it is easy to get excited. So many wonderful programs passed all for the benefit of the individual American. It makes you proud to look forward to what will become the New America.