Common Sense Politics

    
     Even though Christmas has been celebrated by untold millions in many countries for centuries as the day of the birth of Jesus Christ, it did not become a national holiday in this country until 1870. According to public records from census reports, about 90 percent of the residents of the United States celebrate […]

     The 2006 hurricane season ended on November 30, just two weeks ago. Several articles have been published in the media since October comparing the forecasts with the reality, in a nutshell; this is the second year in a row where the forecasts were off by nearly fifty percent. Here are two of these articles […]

 
     It does not seem to matter how much money the State of California allocates for education, it appears that it is never enough. During the just completed campaign for governor resulting in the re-election of Arnold Schwarzenegger, members of the teacher’s union attacked the governor relentlessly that he was not trustworthy because he had […]

     On Wednesday, December 6, 2006, the Iraq Study Group submitted its report to President George W. Bush and then to the rest of the world. This group of highly regarded and distinguished Americans, five each Democrats and Republicans was formed by Congress at the beginning of this year and asked to study the situation […]

     For well over fifteen years there has been a constant yet ever increasing drumbeat about this phenomenon called Global Warming. While planet Earth has experienced many such periods of warming (as well as some cooling periods) in the past, this time it is caused by us humans. Yes, it is our fault!
     The burning […]