Articles By Joanne Butler

US Farm Bill

Head-Faking The 2012 Farm Bill

With last week's hubbub over Condoleezza Rice as possible veep, you may have missed how a House Republican group took legislative action to increase government subsidies to the one percent.

U.S. Independence Day Fireworks

On This July Fourth, Read The Declaration of Independence Aloud

If talk radio had existed in 1776, the Declaration would have been the script.

Supreme Court Health Care Decision

Obamacare A Wake-Up Call For Republicans, Time To Start Governing

The Republican benign-neglect approach to health care reform during the past decade was an unwitting contributor to the situation we find ourselves in today.

Obama Call Mitt Romney to Congratulate Him on Nomination

Symptoms Of A Failing Presidential Campaign

Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Auschwitz-Birkenau Death Camp

Obama 'Polish Death Camps' Comment Fails At Cultural Sensitivity

No doubt, the Obama staff prides itself on their cultural sensitivities, love for diversity, and all that.

Mitt Romney Scolds New Media, Bloggers: 'I Miss the Days of Two or More Sources'

Romney Exhibits Political Savvy In Rejecting Obama-Wright Attack Ad

Mitt Romney’s rejection of a Super-Pac’s proposed anti-Obama campaign featuring Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the president’s former pastor, demonstrates that Romney has more political sense than the Super-Pac’s big daddy, Joe Ricketts, a longtime conservative donor and founder of TD Ameritrade.

Starbucks

Finland Finally Gets A Starbucks -- Or At Least The Airport Does

While the rest of the world is focused on Greece’s exit from the euro zone, the news that caught my eye is Finland finally getting its first Starbucks café.

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks on the congressional budget impasse the White House in Washington, April 6, 2011.

Economy Should Be Top Priority, But Federal Budget Chatter Distracts

But seriously, big-brain budget chatter distracts us from what should be our top priority: Getting the economy back on track.

Lugar and Kerry walk out together after a news conference after the Senate ratified the START nuclear arms reduction treaty at the US Capitol in Washington

Inability to Adapt Could Cost Lugar Indiana Republican Primary Win

The blame game has already begun regarding Senator Richard Lugar’s anticipated loss in Tuesday’s Indiana Republican primary.

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