1/28/2010

Rewarding Incumbancy for the Right Reasons - a scoring system for incumbent behavior

What about incumbency should be rewarded?  The ability to raise money for campaigns or the ability to prove one’s value through one’s good governance?  Politicians focus on the… Read full post »

1/28/2010

Last night in his State Of The Union address, President Obama blamed our government, the media and large corporations for the polarization that has stymied attempts to address our nation’s most pressing problems.  He said that the noble citizens of this country want change… Read full post »

1/26/2010

I was more than a little upset to hear about the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn two precedents restricting campaign contributions by corporations.  Regardless of party affiliation and position on this issue, all agree that the result of the court decision will be a ne/… Read full post »

1/20/2010

I’m sort of glad that Martha Coakley lost on Tuesday.  I am a Democrat and a strong supporter of President Obama and much of his agenda.  But I truly believe that the Democrat’s supermajority in the Senate has caused more problems than not. 

Presiden… Read full post »

1/15/2010

The Torah parsha for this week is Va'eira; G_d tells Moses that untold misery will be brought to the Egyptians if Pharoah doesn’t free the Israelites.  Plague after plague ensues and both the Egyptians and the Jews are awed by G_d’s presence and might.  Yet not… Read full post »

It is my deeply held conviction that the root problem in our US government today is the lack of an imperative for our members of Congress to work together to achieve meaningul legislation that addresses the severe problems that we face in this country.

It is so difficult, however, to expect our… Read full post »