It Is High Time For Some Congressional

People And Organizations Other Than Doctors Increasingly Are Assuming Power To Decide Which Medications To Prescribe Or Procedures To Undertake. More And More, Decisions About Personal Healthcare Are No Longer Made By The Treating Physicians In Consultation With Their Patients, And Based On The Doctors' Expertise.

It Is Not Just Software Glitches And Corrupted Memory Cards That Should Be On The Minds Of Election Officials. Hackers Pose Another Very Real Problem Whereby An Election Could Be Tilted Towards A Favored Candidate.

The Tea Party Knows That Continuing To Delay Charting A Course To Spending Reform Hurts Everybody.

Going To War Against Iran - Whether One Calls Such A Move 'surgical' Or 'total' - Would Be An Extremely Serious Undertaking; With Worldwide Economic, Military, Diplomatic And Human Ramifications In Both The Short- And The Long-term.

The World Is Undoubtedly A Safer, Freer Place Because Thatcher - Like Reagan - Refused To Back Down When It Came To Defending Freedom.