Michael D. Brown

Just flew in from Chicago and found the most fascinating stories.  Two defamation lawsuits have been filed in two separate U.S. Senate campaigns.  U.S. Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) has sued Comedian Al Franken in their hotly contested race in Minnesota. And, Kay Hagan has sued U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) in their hotly contested senate [...]

Happy Halloween, everyone.  It’s Friday night, time for a little lighthearted humor!By David Fitzsimmons, Arizona Daily Star

In a headline in The Washington Post today it is reported the Obama campaign is accepting untraceable campaign contributions.  Two comments.  First, I’m surprised at the headline in the liberal Washington Post that Obama is accepting “untraceable contributions” when it also appears the McCain campaign may be doing the same. Second, it affirms my position [...]

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, and his attorney Brendan Sullivan, leave federal court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, after a guilty verdict was returned by the jury at his trial. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) I am not surprised by this verdict. What I am surprised by is the one link I’ve found between Senator Ted Stevens [...]

Look familiar?  Of course it is if you travel at all.  A TSO digging through a passenger’s bag checking for prohibited items. We’ve come to accept and expect it. It’s part of the TSA’s “layers of security” defense at airports.  You know, the idea that not all security systems can eliminate all risk, so we [...]

I am a Republican.  The party of Abraham Lincoln. One reason I am a Republican is because of our position on economic issues.  Take a look at the GOP Platform on the economy:                                             Expanding Opportunity to Promote Prosperity America’s free economy has given our country the world’s [...]

Money, money, money.  It’s the “mother’s milk of politics.”  Just “follow the money.”  “Show me the money.” Obama has now raised $605 million, an astounding amount.  And I’m sure that the irony of that amount is not missed by John McCain, one of the co-authors of McCain-Feingold, the legislation aimed at “reducing the influence of [...]

How many of you remember Art Linkletter and his famous book and phrase, “kids say the darndest things?” This popular 1960′s television program had Art interviewing kids, asking them very simply questions, to which he got some hilarious responses. “Out of the mouths of babes” actually comes from the Bible, Psalm 8, Verses 1-2 (King [...]

It’s World Series time.  And reading today’s Wall Street Journal, I couldn’t help but think who’s on first when I read about the bickering between the White House and the Department of Homeland Security over the “National Alert System.” For those not familiar with how Washington works, the White House has an office called the [...]

Recognize this gentleman?  I He’s Eric Arthur Blair, born in 1903 and died in 1950. You probably know him better as George Orwell. I thought of Mr. Orwell today after reading an article in The London Times where the Director of Public Prosecutions derided the “big brother state of surveillance.”  Yes, the man who heads [...]