As some readers know, I recently took a much-needed break and travelled to Puerto Rico for a week. I am always anxious when travelling, but my anxiety was higher than normal on this trip due to the fact that I had to travel with a few liquid medications. These medications are all natural and therefore, [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, health care reform, TSA

It has now been 190 days since the stimulus bill was passed. Back in February, President Obama spoke before Congress and stated, “the recovery plan and the financial stability plan are the immediate steps we’re taking to revive our economy in the short-term.” Today, Vice President Biden defended the stimulus, arguing it “was intended to provide steady [...]

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Tags: Government Inefficiency, health care debate, Role of Government, Stimulus

Unlike our President and many of our representatives in Congress, I’ve tried to read the 1000+ page health care bill a few times this week. As a lawyer, I’m used to dealing with tedious and confusing legal jargon, yet this monolithic bill is still too hard for me to understand. It proposes drastic reforms that [...]

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Tags: health care debate

President Obama wants to add yet another czar, a Health Choices Commission czar this time, to the growing list of these unelected officials that are handpicked by the President and go through absolutely no confirmation process. A Virginia paper recently asked, “how many czars can fit into the West Wing?” The same editorial points out [...]

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Tags: czars, erosion of states rights, health care czar, Role of Government

Yesterday, in his weekly address, President Obama called on Americans to “summon the same spirit that inhabited Independence Hall two hundred and thirty-three years ago”. This is one time when I can get behind President Obama’s sentiments – although he may not like my reasons for it. What Obama failed to recognize in making that [...]

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Tags: Cap-and-Trade, capitalism, government spending, health care debate, Role of Government, Stimulus