Let me just get one thing straight from the very beginning. I do not, in any way, begrudge conservatives or conservatism. I am conservative in quite a few ways. No, I don’t care if gays get married, and I don’t believe it is a threat to the makeup of the nuclear family. I am, however, a strong proponent of “pay-as-you-go” economics. This is an economic style that believes the government should not borrow money to spend money (unless during a national emergency, which our economic crisis most certainly is). I …

We have all heard it before, religious folks pointing to the signs of “moral decay” in our society as an indication of things to come. Most often, these folks are foreshadowing the end of our world, and the return of Christ to save the believers and to damn the non-believers.
For the non-believers, when they ask how these folks are so certain of our impending doom, they are responded to with biblical prophecies. Some come from Isaiah and some come from Revelation, but the general tone is almost always the same. …

The economic philosophy of the past eight years has not been one focused on staying power, but rather on a more quantity-of-wealth economy approach as opposed to quality-of-wealth approach. The major philosophic approach has been to “supply, supply, supply.”
Unfortunately, there has been an inadequate amount of attention paid to the quality of wealth being accumulated. We saw a decent amount of economic growth from approximately 2003-2007, but the standard of living for the majority of Americans has decreased. This was a tragically missed opportunity to improve our country.
Although the current …