Author: Robert E. Meyer

The state of Wisconsin has suffered a meltdown. I am happy to report it was not a meltdown of their nuclear reactors such as Japan experienced after its recent catastrophic earthquake. It has instead been a meltdown in citizenship. A …

In mid-February, political turmoil crashed up on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin and surged all the way to the capitol grounds. Last year, when protesters raised havoc in Greece over budgetary austerity measures, some pundits said the …

This column is about old news, and has been overshadowed in the news cycle because of the recent upheaval in the Middle east. Yet this issue is one that will be a prominent issue over the next two years, so …

For over two years, conservatives have been anticipating this moment, the first step to reinstall representatives in Congress which will hopefully put us back on the path toward limited government. While the characteristics that divide liberals from conservatives may be …

As of this writing, it is difficult to speculate on whether or not the Democrats in Congress will pass the deal to maintain current tax rates, as agreed upon by Obama and Republican political leaders. If they fail to do …

A recent editorial theme that is overworked among the soothsayers of conventional wisdom, is suggesting that newly elected conservatives have a short time to right the economic ship, or face the same expulsion many Democrats faced in the recent election.

The recent election brought about mixed results based upon my expectations. Pending the outcome of the undecided Senate races at the time of this writing, the U.S. Senate elections will have somewhat worse results than I expected. The congressional elections …

As of this writing, the election is only a few weeks away. At this point it doesn’t pay to make any outrageous projection for the 2010 mid term elections. I’ll simply ditto the safe predictions, and say that the Republicans …

It’s already old news that Christine O’ Donnell won the Delaware Republican primary in upset fashion. It took less than two seconds flat for the establishment pundits to declare her unelectable. Of course that’s what they said about her chances …

The Ground Zero mosque controversy has been erroneously portrayed by certain news pundits as being an issue about religious freedom. Of course this is another red herring designed to demonize those protesting against locating the mosque at ground zero–as if …

In a recent letter to the editor of my local newspaper, Valley Scene columnist(a liberal arts and entertainment tabloid) Mr.N, a prominent local atheist, castigated historian Dr. Jake Jacobs for his expose of Lifest speaker Jim Wallis.

To many political observers, it probably appeared that the Tea Party movement came out of the woodwork or even thin air. But the roots of the movement go back before then.

I write a monthly column for a local arts and entertainment tabloid with a decidedly liberal slant. A fellow columnist, who I’ll call Mr. N panned a new book in another editorial venue, written by Newt Gingrich. The book is …

Most of the arguments over the heated immigration issue take on a similar form. People claim that Arizona’s new law allows police to racially profile Hispanics. Those in favor of the law swear it does not, but only allows police …

It was once claimed that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In his time, Neville Chamberlain was probably the poster child for such a sentiment. In the aftermath of the passage of health insurance reform, we can …