by Len Munsil | May 26, 2009 | Blog
Every President makes political calculations when nominating Supreme Court Justices. President Obama, with no Latinos in his Cabinet, was under intense pressure to choose a Hispanic woman, and federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotamayor was a perfect fit. Already,...
by Len Munsil | May 15, 2009 | Blog
For the first time since Gallup began asking this question in 1995, a majority of Americans identify themselves as pro-life: The new results, obtained from Gallup’s annual Values and Beliefs survey, represent a significant shift from a year ago, when 50% were...
by Len Munsil | May 12, 2009 | Blog
Got an email today from my Congressman, Harry Mitchell. Somehow they got my email address and sent me a nice email promoting Mitchell’s new website, which of course promotes all the great and wonderful things Harry Mitchell is doing to improve my life. And to...
by Len Munsil | May 1, 2009 | Blog
David Souter never belonged on the Supreme Court, something even he seemed to acknowledge by his decision to resign from a lifetime appointment in good health at the age of 69. Winston Churchill’s description of a political opponent applies to Souter: a modest...
by Len Munsil | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog
National fear over the flu formerly known as swine. A worldwide economic crisis, felt particularly strongly in Arizona. Serious threats of Islamic terrorism, and belligerence from nutty leaders in Iran, Russia and North Korea. And a sense that the team in charge...
by Len Munsil | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog
One of the things I find most inexplicable about our nation’s headlong rush into governmental control of the economy is the failure of so many supposedly bright people to understand the basics of a free market economy. Unshackled by bureaucratic, centralized...
by Len Munsil | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog
After listening to President Obama’s speech on the economy this morning, it occurs to me that this President is not only relying on our ignorance of history, he is willfully exploiting the short attention span of the American people. The impression he leaves is...
by Len Munsil | Apr 6, 2009 | Blog
While President Obama continues his international apology tour – asking forgiveness of the world for every American sin, real or perceived — it was great to see President Bush celebrating America’s unique pastime and getting a standing ovation from...
by Len Munsil | Mar 11, 2009 | Blog
According to a story by the Associated Press, “The Taliban’s new top operations officer in southern Afghanistan had been a prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center…”. Released in 2007, this terrorist is one of 60 former detainees at...
by Len Munsil | Mar 2, 2009 | Blog
As I write the stock market has dropped from its high of more than 14,000 to below 7,000, more than cutting in half the investments and savings of millions of Americans. The drop has been even more precipitous since Congress began intervening in the market with...