JOE’S DESK

With the top contenders for the GOP nomination fighting over who’s a conservative, I thought it might be appropriate to talk about the individual mandate, a provision in Obamacare and Romneycare mandating that individuals purchase a minimum level of health-care coverage or pay a stiff fine. Republican candidates Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have both […]

It’s no secret that President Obama has an inflated view of himself.  This becomes crystal clear when the President, as he routinely does, blames everybody but himself for the nation’s problems.  A leader who does not acknowledge his or her own mistakes is clearly suffering from an overdose of hubris.  Because President Obama apparently can’t […]

During President Obama’s speech in Osawatomie this week, he drew direct parallels between his administration’s policies and Teddy Roosevelt’s. This, of course, is not the first time he’s attempted to bail out his failed policies by claiming their connection to an earlier, more popular president. The same approach was used early on in his administration […]

President Obama has been channeling ex-presidents more than usual lately.  According to the mainstream media, Teddy Roosevelt – the subject of Obama’s populist speech in Kansas yesterday – is just the most recent president that Obama has morphed into.   This follows Obama’s first months in office when he was widely portrayed as the next Franklin […]

Today, most Americans will enjoy the holiday with family and friends, briefly pausing to give thanks to God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us.   Although we are truly thankful for what we have, most of us take food and other basic necessities for granted.  This is no surprise given the fact that few […]

Crony capitalism thrives in Alaska, center stage held by the Alaska Native Corporations (ANC). From the pending shakedown of taxpayers through a wholesale land grab (S.730 and H.R.1408) to recent arrests of four people in one of the “most brazen federal contracting scandals in our nation’s history,” there seems to be no end to the […]

By Joe Miller:  On this day, 224 years ago, our Constitution was signed by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.  Just a few years after its ratification, the Founders’ vision of a limited central government composed of coequal branches came under a sustained attack from the judiciary, an attack that has dramatically increased in […]

The GOP has to get it right in 2012.  It will either return to its platform of small government, traditional values, and national sovereignty, or its conservative base will abandon it. The stakes are far too high for conservatives to support the candidacy of another business-as-usual, ruling class member. Not only are we faced with […]

The news is full of stories about where the United States is headed if we don’t do something quickly about the debt ceiling. Leaders of both political parties warn that a failure to raise the ceiling will result in market instability and perhaps even government default. Many tea partiers are more concerned that our extreme […]

Some Republicans, and not just those supporting Mitt Romney for president, have questioned my “Stop Romney” campaign, announced by the Western Representation PAC several weeks ago. Given the likelihood that Romney will be the GOP’s next nominee, they believe my work will ultimately hurt Republicans’ efforts to retake the White House in 2012. My perspective […]