State Rep. Joe Carr has secured backing from two top Republicans in the state legislature for his run for Congress. House Republican Leader Gerald McCormick, R-Chattanooga, and House Republican Caucus Chairman Glen Casada, R-Franklin, confirmed Friday that they have endorsed Carr for the 4th Congressional District. “He works hard, and he’s a good, honest man,” [...]
Hitting the inboxes of political journalists overnight was a link to a blog post in Reason magazine that suggested the professional wrestler Kane is weighing a challenge to U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. The libertarian magazine quotes “sources close to the one-time World Heavyweight Champion” (we’d guess Paul Bearer except that he’s dead and another reporter [...]
Citizens must be persistent and vocal in reminding elected officials of the former or we shall continue to suffer the loss of liberty, writes Dave Trabert of Kansas Policy Institute.
U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander appeared on Greta Van Susteren’s talk show last night to explain his analogy between the Iran-Contra scandal and reports that HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged private companies to donate money toward implementing the Affordable Care Act. The Tennessee senator said that in both cases, the White House turned to the private [...]
By Rev. Jim Conn
Some 53 percent of Americans say that the second Iraq war was a mistake. A recent Los Angeles Times article asked if the war brought change for the better. But no one asks what that war cost this country. The first trillion dollars we …
By Rev. Jim Conn
Some 53 percent of Americans say that the second Iraq war was a mistake. A recent Los Angeles Times article asked if the war brought change for the better. But no one asks what that war cost this country. The first trillion dollars we …
It’s worse than President Obama saying “You didn’t build that.” Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer tells us you can’t build that — not without government guidance and intervention, anyway.