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Oklahoma’s Biblical irony
There’s an almost biblical irony to Oklahoma’s latest tornado disaster. Not a funny irony, but the grim, tragic kind so common to acts of God. Four months before this twister, five of Oklahoma’s seven...
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A frog-jumping double standard on food subsidies
I’ll bet that Mark Twain, who wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” would’ve loved a current saga. I call it “The Jumping Congress Critter of Frog Jump.” The critter’s name is...
View ArticleFarm bill to affect the hungry
The Texas Food Bank Network (TFBN) released estimates today of the serious impact that a House-proposed farm bill could have on federal SNAP (food stamps) benefits and the struggling Texans who rely on...
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Metadata mining is mega awful
There’s no shortage of complaints about the nation’s massive surveillance dragnet now that We the People know about it. It’s good to know that our friendly, über-secret National Security Agency is out...
View ArticleAmerica needs a July 4th Seder
Perhaps the major reason Jews have been able to keep their national identity alive for 3,000 years, the last 2,000 of which were nearly all spent dispersed among other nations, is ritual. No national...
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The devil is in the taxes-My foolproof plan will rescue our society from the...
While pretty much everybody agrees that the U.S. tax code is a mess, nobody does anything about it. Oh, politicians talk about doing something, but mainly what they do is make it worse. There’s a...
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The Medical-Industrial Complex: Our health industry’s big players focus on...
Getting well Takes lots of pluck, With health guys out To make a buck. As the Obama administration struggles to keep rolling out its landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act amid partisan...
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There We Go Again: Any U.S. war with Syria will turn out badly
So we’re going to war in Syria. Maybe. We won’t know for sure until Congress gets back from the vacation it’s taking from its other vacations. One can live in hope, however. What would autumn be...
View ArticleLower income? Don’t pass up the saver’s credit
In 2002, Congress passed legislation to create an income tax credit designed to encourage lower- and middle-income people to save money for retirement. The saver’s credit, worth up to $1,000 a year for...
View ArticleShut up and work:We wouldn’t be at this point if Congress had done its job...
For the first time in 17 years, Congress failed to provide the funding to keep the entire government running. So now you have two classes of government service and two classes of employees: “essential”...
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Putting ‘Independence’ Back in Independence Day
Studying history can help us imagine ways to gain more control over our lives at work and at home. By Jack Kelly When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what...
View ArticleSupreme Court preserves Health Insurance Marketplaces
Center for Rural Affairs applauds Court’s Decision on Affordable Care Act Today, the United States Supreme Court announced their decision upholding the tax subsidies provided to help low and middle...
View ArticleInsiders, Outsiders needed in Congress
By Lee H. Hamilton Members of Congress get categorized in all sorts of ways. They’re liberal or conservative; Republican or Democrat; interested in domestic affairs or specialists in foreign policy....
View ArticleHealth Insurance: Supreme Court Preserves Marketplaces
By John Crabtree The Supreme Court recently announced their decision upholding tax subsidies to help people purchase individual health insurance plans through a federal health insurance marketplace....
View ArticleGrowing Farm to School
By John Crabtree Farm to school programs offer children better, fresher, more nutritious, and more local food choices that empower children and their families learn more about the food on their plates...
View ArticleFrancis vs. Washington
Lawmakers and the White House are at odds with the pope’s vision for protecting the planet. By John Cavanagh Pope Francis, the humble yet bold leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, has offered...
View ArticleCongress Urges Stronger Actions Against Payday Loan Vendors
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will provide $32 million in relief to consumers who were caught in a maze of charges and fees designed to trap them in payday loans they never authorized. The...
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‘Sanctuary Cities': Cornyn Co-sponsors Bill for Crack Down
U.S. Senator John CornynWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today cosponsored the Improving Cooperation with States and Local Governments and Preventing the Catch and Release of Criminal...
View ArticleTo Counter Domestic Terror Attacks, Selectively Arm Military Personnel
By Austin Bay The genius of American federalism is at work, in this instance responding to an international threat our national government irresponsibly disregards. Six state governors have done what...
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Oklahoma’s Biblical irony
There’s an almost biblical irony to Oklahoma’s latest tornado disaster. Not a funny irony, but the grim, tragic kind so common to acts of God. Four months before this twister, five of Oklahoma’s seven...
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