Although leftist groups pretend to contain the brightest minds in America, following their plans for energy production will leave the country with a lot of dim bulbs. This month’s green competition on campus once again shows a misunderstanding of the real problem facing American energy…

Before last Thursday’s health care summit devolved into a classic blame game, there was a slight hope of some meaningful health care reform. Republicans and Democrats both mentioned fraud prevention and tort reform as worthwhile goals. Many Republicans also want to allow people to buy health care across state lines…

Rep. Susan Fagan has not been getting much sleep. Democratic leadership in the House has been burning the midnight oil, passing bills to raise taxes and keep Gov. Chris Gregoire's spending priorities in the budget. While Republicans such as Fagan can stall…

Once again, the government has claimed to be here to help the student body. The state Senate passed Senate Bill 6562 late Monday with 29 for, 19 against and one excused. This bill proclaims the Board of Regents as the final decider in tuition increases for public universities rather than the state Legislature…

Students and their parents are scared. Citizens of Washington state spend billions on property and sales taxes for services and security rendered by the state. That money increasingly has gone to waste, and to maintain a balanced budget, cuts are in order. Gov…

Spokane, Walla Walla or the Tri-Cities all seem like logical choices for U.S. Senate candidate Chris Widener’s Eastern Washington campaign kickoff. However, this Saturday morning, Widener began his campaign in Pullman at The Coug. He stated his platform is “really about the next generation…

Today, Massachusetts citizens are voting in the most important election until 2012. This special election is for the late Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, and the future of American health care hangs in the balance. The race pits Republican Scott Brown against Democrat Martha Coakley…

Every time a terrorist makes it through airport security the country grinds to a halt. As you surely already know, on Christmas Day, a man named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab bought a one-way ticket to Michigan with cash. Twenty minutes from landing, Abdulmutallab attempted to destroy the plane…

Sarah Palin is the most loved and hated person in America. In her new bestseller, “Going Rogue,” the former vice presidential candidate writes with clarity and imagery not befitting of a so-called “Caribou Barbie” but rather an intelligent and gifted writer…

With a mounting national debt, a 2,000-page bill and half-year waiting periods on important government decisions, one thing is clear: the government lacks the competence to control banking. Unfortunately, that is just what they are attempting to do. Banking forms the backbone of any modern economic system…

Machiavelli wrote it is better to be feared than loved. Barack Obama disagrees. The president is for all purposes, the temporary monarch of the U.S. Simultaneously head of state and the military, his attitude toward foreign powers is really the only one that counts…

To some, my father is a fearsome mustached man and an ex-marine. To me, he is my friend, mentor and teacher. However, on most occasions, I simply call him Dad. I was born in Florida near the ocean. Every other day or so, my dad would take me to Jacksonville Beach and go swimming…

Five votes – that is what separated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s bill from permanent defeat. On Saturday night, the U.S. House of Representatives, after months of deliberation, finally passed a finished health care bill. After months of arm-twisting fellow democrats…

Only a year ago, pundits joyously heralded the death of the Republican Party. While the moderate movement within the party may have seen its last days, the election Tuesday will highlight the return of conservative republicans to the political scene. In Virginia…

Once again, the legislative branch has claimed to have produced a bill solving the health care problem. The new behemoth from the Senate is more than twice the length of the King James Bible and makes Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the leader of the nation’s health care system…