Archive for: October 2011

Beware of personal accusations hurled at all non-establishment candidates, and that goes for folk running on *any* party ticket. The liars (red as well as blue) who want to be our masters know how to paint honest public servants like …

The Spokesman Review reports on the Idaho Strawpoll which is scheduled for January 6th, or the Friday days before the likely New Hampshire Primary Date, leading to speculation that GOP candidates are unlikely to show up. Gary Montcrief at BSU …

Rick Perry is out with his tax plan which features a 20% Optional Flat Tax. The difference between optional flat tax and a regular flat tax is that filers can choose to file a simple tax return-or not.

The claim …

Leon Wolf of Red State did something rare among bloggers and columnists. He admitted he was wrong when he stated Herman …

I got a look at my new health insurance premiums at work.  (Subtitle: The rising cost of heatlhcare comes to the Graham family.”) The result: to maintain comparable coverage to what I have this year, in 2012, I’ll have to pay …

Conservatives like rail against our current anti-growth tax code. Despite loathing the tax code, conservatives invariably end up killing any fundamental overhaul of the system.

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Senator Curt McKenzie’s overally defensive Reader’s View on his and John McGee’s use of per diem in the Statesman begins:
Reporters can create controversy — or the appearance of it — by reporting half the story or taking details out of context. Conservative …

Ray Stevens taken on the President.

I have a post up at the Press Tribune on Senators McGee and McKenzie’s use of per diem and how I think the law should be changed so that lawmakers can’t game the system.

In the meanwhile, Dennis Mansfield …