If Americans are reluctant to go on the dole that's because they have a healthy work ethic.

I've often been accused of spending more time and energy criticizing my fellow Democrats than criticizing Republicans.

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

I'm not anti-immigration.

I'm not a Wall Street expert, but I can read the papers.

Do Obama and Boxer realize they are on the wrong side of a tsunami of voter discontent with a government run by and for the public employee unions?

People have to eat and it's good to have a last-resort dole they can turn to.