Despite what the Michael Moore’s of the world want us to think about our country, the U.S. remains the most successful experiment in cross-cultural brotherly love in history.  Centuries of the most deeply ingrained hatreds and resentments are shed like old garments upon reaching our shores, with seeming effortlessness.  That is as true today as it […]

Ayman al-Zawahri was just tapped as the new leader of al Qaeda. I wonder how this will affect Pakistani polls which show that a huge percentage of that country’s population still disbelieves that bin Laden is dead.

Scary study out of Pew Research today, if you haven’t seen it, just in time for Father’s Day. Almost half of all fathers in America under the age of 45 have at least one child out of wedlock in America today.  That’s a startling figure — almost as startling as recent New York City Health Department statistics showing that […]

Saw Texas Governor Rick Perry give the keynote talk at the annual Manhattan Republican Lincoln Day Dinner tonight. Perry sure sounded like a candidate to me. His speech was all jobs, jobs, jobs, which happens to be both Texas’s strength under Perry — his state leads the nation in job growth — and the top […]

http://youtu.be/NYqXoST6u8I The vote on gay marriage in New York State may be just a day away. The issue, as would be expected, is tearing Republicans apart in the State Capitol.  Anyone voting for gay marriage will automatically lose the Conservative Party line, and that easily can cost a legislator his career. Two Republican state senators, […]

http://youtu.be/TDh2iKzBh4E This video reminds us how quickly presidential aspirations can be dashed.  In this famous 1979 interview, Roger Mudd asks Ted Kennedy why he wants to be President. Kennedy initially appears stumped. (What he says upon recovery isn’t half bad, but Kennedy’s delivery is vague and circuitous.)  Every candidate fears a moment like this one — […]

My biggest takeaway from last night’s GOP debate in New Hampshire is that, like her or not, Michelle Bachmann is now a candidate for President. Mitt Romney did a fine job; so did Tim Pawlenty. Either can beat President Obama in my opinion. Everyone on that stage did well, except Herman Cain, who seemed unprepared, […]

Here’s a pretty good video primer by WMUR TV on tonight’s GOP Primary debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. There’s not a lot of buzz on this debate, but a few things to look for: Watch Newt Gingrich to try to make news.  He just lost most of his campaign team, and if he’s […]

Associated Press is reporting that a Pennsylvania school district (Carlisle, home to the US Army War College and beautiful Dickinson College) has come up with a novel way to save money. Baaa, you say?  Well yes; that’s pretty much right. The Carlisle school district believes it will save $15,000 this year on landscaping by letting […]

Brash and effective Erie County Executive (NY) Chris Collins (R) is thought to be the first political executive in the U.S. to employ the business management system Lean Six Sigma in government.  Six Sigma is a creation of Motorola, but it was famously implemented at General Electric some years ago, and it is credited with saving the company billions […]