Michael D. Brown

I love the Cash for Clunkers program.  Sorry to see the early demise of such a successful program.  I was hoping to get into a car dealer this week to see if I could get a deal subsidized by all of you.  Since I missed the opportunity to get you to subsidize a new car [...]

…for two guys. But, my wallet hasn’t been stimulated. Still empty.  

Last month I had the honor and privilege of attending a returning ceremony for a group of U.S. Army Reservists at Fort Carson, Colorado. That same day I had the chance to see Major General Mark Graham, Commanding General of Fort Carson, and a soldier’s soldier I first met during Hurricane Katrina. While the Nation [...]

If legislation is so complex that you need more than two days to read it and an attorney to interpret it for you, then the legislation is worth waiting for every Member of Congress to read and understand what they’re voting on before it comes to the floor. Seems reasonable, doesn’t it?  After all, Congress [...]

I continue to be amazed at how many people get their news from comedians.  Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher just to name a few of those that pop up in the top of news sources of a lot of people.  But here’s something to remember about comedy.  Comedy needs an element of truth to [...]

Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of man (uh, the United States) landing on the moon.  I remember vividly watching the landing at my grandparents’ home and being enthralled with it, including running outside to see if we could even see the moon.  About a year ago I was approached in the Los Angeles International Airport [...]

The Center for Public Integrity has published an insightful study of the abomination known as “congressional oversight” of the Department of Homeland Security. While terrorists adapt quickly and nimbly, and North Korea and Iran thumb their noses at us, and illegal immigrants flagrantly cross U.S. borders, the leadership of DHS is strangling under the need [...]

In Washington there is a pervasive sense that money is free. Budgets are just numbers. If you want something you just do it. I have seen that attitude, fought that attitude and even though I was unable to stop all waste that I saw, the attitude remained. Now, in this recession, when the Obama Administration [...]

Health insurance, automobile insurance, life insurance, property and casualty insurance, liability insurance, workers compensation insurance, flood insurance, malpractice insurance, hole-in-one insurance (OK, maybe not this one) will all soon be a “right” to which all Americans are entitled. After all, I need my car to get to work, I need life insurance to support my [...]

I have a friend in Colorado I often accuse of being a member of the Tin Foil Hat Society (he’s a little far to the right to the say the least). The time has come to apologize to him and join the society. Seems we’re all going to need a little tin foil in the [...]