Right now the George W. Bush legacy is a tattered thing. So was Harry S Truman's when he left office. One current postive of his presidency is that there have been no terrorist attacks since 9/11. Clearly Bush did something right here. Obama is goin...

Good news on the job front from from the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart. As Wal-Mart (WMT) opens about 150 new or expanded stores in the U.S. in 2009, the company expects to hire about 22,000 people for new positions.

Good friend of the blog Michelle Malkin names her five Turkeys of the Year. Take a bow, Mr. President, because you made her list. Disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich tops my plate as Turkey of the Decade. Technorati tags: Illinois Congress...

Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) is asking that Congress move forward with legislation to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Major Emil Kapaun, a Korean War chaplain who died in a Chinese prisoner of war camp in 1951. In his service to his country and...

Next month the Obama administration will hold a jobs summit. Here's an idea to toss around--dump the Nancy Pelosi health care bill. The Pelosi bill, according to a study authored by the Illinois Policy Institute, will cost the nation 3.9 million...

Last year, the Chicago chapter of the American Lung Association received 650 donated cars from August through October. This year during the same three months the charity collected only 455 cars--a forty percent drop. CBS 2 Chicago has more: What was...

Robert Creamer, the husband of my congresscritter, Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), attended tonight's White House state dinner for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Schakowsky was of course also there, but she is not a convicted felon. Hubby is. Creamer...