For far too long the American public and business sector have kept their silence as civil liberties have been whittled away by statutory and regulatory measures.

Going to war against Iran - whether one calls such a move 'surgical' or 'total' - would be an extremely serious undertaking; with worldwide economic, military, diplomatic and human ramifications in both the short- and the long-term.

It is high time for some congressional oversight backbone.

On taking office, Obama promised the 'most transparent' administration in history; yet his record as president has been anything but transparent.

I'm pro-life but I believe that the federal government ought to stay out of it. That's a decision that the people of each state ought to make for themselves.

Nobody is denying we should investigate and do what we can to prevent gun crime in our cities and towns. But, we should not scapegoat the American gun owner for complicated, cultural problems we are just beginning to understand.

History has shown that Big Government expands quickest in the immediate aftermath of a crisis - real or manufactured.