Only 16% of likely voters think the country would be better off if most incumbents are re-elected, according to a late March Rasmussen poll. While 40% of respondents believed their local representative deserved to be re-elected, only 31% thought they were the best possible person for the job. Mid-term elections haven’t reduced voter anger.
A look [...]
From the ‘60s through the millennium, I flew about once a week. Many were short hops, lots were coast-to-coast and there were international trips as well. For the first decade or so I loved it. Then I endured it. And, finally, before retiring in 2003 I despised it. Was my attitude a result of getting [...]
The United States is the number one producer of corn in the world. We grow twice as much as second place China and more than the rest of the top ten combined. An important food commodity in countries around the globe, corn is also an ingredient in many processed food and in many non-foods products [...]
Battleground states, such as Wisconsin and Ohio, have changed party majorities. There, more financially conservative governors, supported by like-minded assemblies and senates, are making news as they fight for reform. But the huge blue states, drowning in a sea of red ink, may be forced to come up on the side of the people rather [...]
Over the past few weeks, I talked with several acquaintances that were retired or qualified for it. I asked each one how they enjoyed their new status and what they do with their time. The answers are surprising as well as disappointing.
Two of the four men had done well in the business world and had [...]
