What do $10 million in “Sesame Street” remakes for Pakistan, $765,828 to subsidize “pancakes for yuppies” in Washington D.C., and $550,000 for a documentary about how rock music contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union, all have in common? You paid for them.[1] In a December 2011 oversight report, U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. [...]

Did you know the U.S. is in a race? We are now racing France to increase taxes on jobs producers. France is also in the Presidential election process this year and there is a striking difference between the French Presidential Candidates regarding the taxation of the “rich.” Sound familiar? Will this tactic really work or [...]

Recent headlines scream with grim news: over $15 trillion in national debt and growing, and little to no economic growth. The really depressing topic right now is gas prices rising to near record levels with no end in sight. Oil is connected to virtually every aspect of our lives (e.g. food, transportation, clothing, medicine) and [...]

Imagine you’ve only been home from the hospital for a few weeks and you finally get the bill for your hernia repair: $6,000![1] After you catch your breath you wonder how can a four-hour trip to the hospital cost so much? Especially considering that half of your time was spent in the waiting room or [...]

There’s a knock at your front door, and when you open it you see a complete stranger standing there.  You inquire as to what he wants, and he promptly tells you that he would like you to loan him $100,000 to buy the house that is up for sale next door to yours.  Once you [...]

A Military Officer is jolted to attention as his computer screen comes alive with the warning that 3 heat plumes have just been detected in central China. Quickly, overhead orbiting satellites and other detection equipment comes alive and begins to track the 3 heat plumes that are now arcing away from China to the north. [...]

I have a lot of friends who enjoy camping. I don’t quite understand the thrill of being confined in a tent, shopping for supplies, swatting mosquitoes, etc. What I do enjoy though is appreciating the beauty of nature. Some of the loveliest areas, as far as landscapes, are in Arizona. From the cactus-filled deserts to [...]

“Now, since I signed the Affordable Care Act into law 10 months ago, Americans already have more power, greater freedom, stronger control of their health care. This law will lower premiums. It is limiting costs.”[1] This statement, from President Obama’s speech at the January 2011 Families USA Health Action Conference, was not the only time that he [...]