If you judge someone by their enemies, Tom Schatz is Robin Hood of the swamp, joined by his merry band of government analysts. Targeting piggish U.S. senators, representatives and the hometown troughs into which they dump your tax dollars, Schatz is the president of Citizens Against Government Waste, which can easily be judged by some of its most vocal critics... more

When I think about the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley (August 16), it seems we were living in a completely different world in 1977. News of his passing was relayed by television, radio, word of mouth or the next morning’s newspaper. Tweets, blogs and podcasts were far in the future. Grief over his demise was expressed with hugs, tears and wreaths, not emojis... more

The Debbie Wasserman Schultz/Imran Awan scandal continues to be all but ignored by the mainstream media. Since last we visited, Imran Awan, the ringleader of a trio of brothers running IT for congressional Democrats, was arrested at Dulles airport trying to skip town. He was arrested on bank fraud charges... more

Alas, we haven’t been a “dog family” since we had to euthanize poor old Turpy; but a time.com article titled “More Evidence That Owning A Dog Is Really Good For You” certainly grabbed my attention. Not only can having a dog around the house lead to lower stress levels, decrease the risk of asthma in children and contribute to lower blood pressure, but the responsibility of caring for a canine can jolt older people out of a life-shortening sedentary lifestyle... more

When I was younger, I asked my mother if I could add a vowel to the end of my name. “I want people to know that I’m Italian, and with a name like Flowers they won’t.” The former Lucy Fusco just looked at me and shook her head, which was Italian for “If God made us perfect, we’d have nothing to pray for.”I suppose it’s also why she named me after the patron saint of the mentally diseased. Really, look it up... more

Succinctly stated, President Trump needs all the friends he can get. When Trump was a 1,000:1 long- shot presidential candidate, then-Senator, now Attorney General Jeff Sessions went to bat for the embattled real estate mogul, a courageous move that estranged him from most of his congressional colleagues... more

What if I told you Republican congressmen had used Russian IT people who were caught stealing data from the congressional servers and the FBI had raided one of the Russian’s houses and seized smashed hard drives? CNN would never stop talking about it. Bob Mueller would hire a whole new fleet of Hillary-donor lawyers to investigate. This would be the biggest scandal since Watergate. Bigger!... more

Unless you’re receiving the daily emails sent by Donald Trump and his team to supporters, you’re not getting the full dose of venom that is being directed at the nation’s news media. A recent email from Trump himself begins, “Friend, I’ve said it before and I will say it again: the Fake News Media is the real opposition.” He goes on to write that media are working “hand-in-hand” with “the Left,” resulting in “an unbelievable lack of journalistic integrity.”... more

I went to an outdoor event in Washington, D.C., last week. Boy, was it hot under the noon sun. It was so hot, I saw a mother swipe a Popsicle from her own child. I saw a Republican share an air-conditioned cab with a Democrat. I saw senators engage in civil conversation with each other so they could spend more time in their air-conditioned chambers... more

OK, Republicans of the Senate, we get it. You’ve proved again how collectively spineless you are on your efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare. You’ve proved yet again that when it comes time to put your incumbent rear-ends where your over-promising big political mouths are, many of you choose to chicken out at the last minute... more

A year ago this week, newly anointed as his party’s candidate for president, Donald J. Trump capped the Republican National Convention in Cleveland by ascending the podium in the Quicken Loans Arena, and offering these words: “Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.”... more

Have you ever walked into a room, stopped, then thought, ‘What did I come in here for?’ That’s our Republican-controlled Congress. It’s like they can’t remember why they’re there. Let me give them a gentle reminder. REPEAL OBAMACARE! Very few people in Congress understand how they got control of the House and the Senate. ... more

And now, a few choice words about Donald Trump... Junior. Seems as if the eldest son of the Trump Crime Family is not the brilliant hotheaded tactician that Santino was in the Corleone Crime Family, but instead more in the mold of Fredo. The Trump most likely to make people offers they can’t understand... more

When I’m in, say, Phoenix - with its gorgeous weather, scenery and acre upon acre of beautiful parks and gardens - I generally hop in the car to get from the coffee counter, to the barber shop, to the movie theater, because things are spread out and it’s easier to drive... more

Believe it or not, my only college-era clash with school authorities erupted because the campus was experiencing growing pains. Your cash-strapped author received a ticket for parking on the grass when I simply couldn’t find an authorized parking spot in time for class... more

As the drumbeat to oust President Trump reaches near fever pitch, it is important for all fair-minded Americans to understand if that happens, America as we know it is finished... done. Late last year, liberals were so close to their goal of destroying America they could almost touch it. ... more

America’s credit-card debt has surpassed the $1 trillion mark. A 20-something fellow I know helped me understand why. “It all began in college when a credit-card company offered me a free credit card,” he said. “OK.” “Well, shortly after I got the card, my transmission blew up, and I didn’t have the money to pay for it. So I charged it.”... more

I saw an honest Republican congressman on TV the other day. I was so shocked I can’t remember who it was or what channel I was watching. But he gave the most truthful explanation I’ve heard from a Republican politician all year about why the GOP can’t get it together on health care reform... more

There’s a new peer-reviewed study that’s completely being ignored by the mainstream media. It shows that “nearly all” of the global warming reported by NASA, NOAA, and the Met Office in the UK is due to fudging numbers. The report is titled “On the Validity of NOAA, NASA and Hadley CRU Global Average Surface Temperature Data and the Validity of EPA’s CO2 Endangerment Finding.” That last part is in reference to the Obama EPA using global warming to wreak havoc on industry and our economy... more

“Ask not what you can do for your country; ask if that really persistent hangnail qualifies you to deep-six the summons.” – JFK’s evil twin. My 3-month stint in the circuit court jury pool has ended without my actually getting picked for a jury, and I’m deeply disappointed... more