Opinion

Prove citizenship or relinquish your vote.

I was not born yet when the first man walked on the moon, but I can tell you I have always been fascinated by space, the moon and astronauts. Neil Armstrong, the first man to take those steps on the moon, died today after complications with cardiovascular procedures according to his family...

Word from NBC News indicates that as of right now, Congressman Todd Akin is not stepping aside in the Missouri Senate race.  This is in spite of indications that his presence in the race is not wanted for a variety of reasons.  That includes a recent poll that shows Missouri being now in the toss-up category in terms of the Presidential campaign...

Sometimes the journey is the destination and then some.

President Obama was in Ohio this week and made his way to The Ohio State University campus.  One of the things that many that are fans of Ohio State know is how to take four people and spell Ohio.  It is something that many have done all over the place...

Did I eat that?

Tossing a 'smart phone' isn't really that smart.

If Romney had not paid taxes for ten years I'm sure the IRS would have been on him 'like white on rice'.

It seems like another one of those stories that makes you want to say it can't be true, but police say the story is real.

A guilty plea has been made, the story is out and things are coming to a close.  What is left now is for the family of Mickey Shunick and the family of Lisa Pate to be able to make some peace with what has happened. I can't begin to know what this feels like...

Was the Fort Hood massacre an exercise of Major Hasan's religious freedom?

I have said many things over the course of the last three years and one of them that has been consistent has been just how humorous Vice President Joe Biden is.  He has stuck his foot in his mouth more times than anyone in American political history...

New standards straight from the federal government are coming for cars that are voluntarily outfitted with event data recorders or black boxes.  While this is not a requirement for all cars to be outfitted with them, many people think that this is the first step...

Can you send the water back to the state by flushing vigorously?

The Stones. Still Rolling after 50 years of "just rock 'n' roll".

A Treasury report questions tax ID numbers.

I have to admit that I love this time on the calendar.  Every four years we get together at the polls and choose who our leader is going to be.  Sometimes we go with the person I voted for and sometimes not, but there are always different points of rhetoric that drive the election...

President Obama thinks his wife should draw a salary.

Time and again in the last few weeks there have been voices in the media, voices on the right and voices on the left that have wondered aloud if it is time for the control of guns in this nation.  With the tragic shooting in Aurora, Colorado and now the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, many are wondering what it would be like if things were more tightly controlled...

It's amazing how some people think "free lunch" is really free.