Category Archives: Blogs

Radio in the Car Here's more on the issue of AM radios in new cars...with apologies again for bringing it up, since we do have a vested interest in the issue. There is growing support for the "AM Radi...

Stick To Business That's increasingly becoming the mantra of Americans...multiple polls this year show that fewer Americans support corporate involvement in political advocacy and social issues. A Ben...

Star Power In two key states, Republicans may again be turning to well-known names with no political experience in their effort to reclaim a majority in the U.S. Senate. In Arizona, Iowa native Kari L...

It's A Different Time I remember being in kindergarten, 55 years ago now...and each one of us in the afternoon class at South Tama elementary in Toledo got a wrapped present at Christmastime. It was a...

Surrender Those running the Iowa Democratic Party announced a further surrender this past weekend in their fight with the DNC to remain first-in-the-nation for presidential selection. Sure, they'll ho...

Watch Their Heads Explode Now For reasons that make most of us scratch our heads...the U.S. House tossed out its Speaker on Tuesday and then adjourned for a week. They did not stay in town...much less...

Power Grab...Again Leave it to the Republican National Committee to make a bad situation even worse. We've already talked about their takeover of the candidates, mandating silly rules for so-called de...

Alright, Now What? There's the old story of the dog who spent his days chasing cars. Then one day, the dog catches the car and realizes he doesn't know what to do with it. Certain television commercia...

So That's What It Means We heard the phrase "brinksmanship" used a fair amount the last few days, in connection with the government shutdown issue. File this under the category of "we think we know wh...

Shutdown Silliness As things go these days in Washington, this was well ahead of schedule. On Saturday night, Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open with three full hours ...