Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, died in 1992. Little did he know he would be remembered in certain quarters as a kind of corporate criminal. His offense? Starting a business that has brought convenience and low prices to the countless millions of Americans who roam Wal-Mart’s deliriously overstuffed aisles.If that seems innocuous enough, you […]

Time has come to buck the status quo and improve conditions for drivers.Just as safety organizations commence oral arguments in court in an attempt to overturn the new hours of service rule, the American Trucking Associations muddies the waters by suggesting that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration make the sleeper berth section of the […]

My first reader was a welfare mother with a heart condition. She lived in a housing project near downtown Los Angeles.This is circa 1962 or ’63 and technically, she wasn’t my reader back then but my listener. I would follow her around as she ironed clothes or prepared a meal, reading aloud from my latest […]

The state of Virginia, the home of presidents who believed in small government, low taxes and personal responsibility, may be about to join the big taxing and spending federal government with the help of the party that claims the heritage of some of the nation’s Founders.Gov. Mark Warner, a Democrat, is getting aid and comfort […]

Run a clean campaign and don’t allow the president to define the issues.Dear Senator Kerry:This is sent with confidence that with a good campaign you will beat George Bush. Here is my outline of “a good campaign.”You should be prepared for a barrage of character assassinations.I note a common characteristic of Bush campaigns. Remember Lee […]

I’m not here to beat up on the old guy.Yes, he offended many people. But slapping him around would be beside the point.I’m talking about Paul Hornung, a pro football hall of famer who won the Heisman trophy as a Notre Dame student in 1956. Last week, he offered an opinion of how his alma […]

How is this for a historic reversal? Just recently, Senate Democrats successfully filibustered the nation’s most important anti-poverty measure – welfare reform. It is thus Democrats who are effectively opposed to lifting people out of poverty and, in the process, make insulting assumptions about minorities, particularly minority women.The success of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act […]

President Bush’s greatest asset is not his former special assistant, Karen Hughes, who will soon be returning to “active duty” following a tour to promote her new book to help him with his re-election campaign. It is his wife, Laura.I was reminded of this during an interview with her recently at the White House.Laura Bush […]

I’ll be honest. I have trouble seeing Robert Kelly as a victim.The singer, professionally known as R. Kelly, stands accused by Chicago authorities of child pornography, the chief evidence of which is videotape that allegedly shows him having sex with an underage girl. Similar charges in Florida were tossed last month on a technicality.So, while […]

The idea behind the governor’s Pine Tree Zones is reasonable: Use tax incentives to attract targeted businesses and industries to particular communities in need of economic growth and job development.For qualifying businesses, locating in a Pine Tree Zone could pay big dividends. The state will forgo sales taxes on building materials and personal property. Approved […]