Have you hugged James Madison lately?

Posted on September 24, 2009 - Filed Under Government | 3 Comments

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, September 25, 2009. Exactly 220 years ago today, the first Congress of the United States approved twelve articles of amendment to the Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. Ten of those proposed articles were eventually [...]

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It’s hard to buy votes with a maxed out credit card.

Posted on September 17, 2009 - Filed Under Congress, Economics | 1 Comment

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, September 18, 2009. The late U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen was of an era of quotable politicians. It was Dirksen who famously said, “A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.” He [...]

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Get out of the way and let me struggle.

Posted on September 10, 2009 - Filed Under Health Care | 1 Comment

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, September 11, 2009. I was in a waiting room last week and there sat a Texas Monthly magazine with a picture of a horrible looking lizard creature on the cover and a headline that read, “The Struggle to [...]

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The high cost of “free.”

Posted on September 3, 2009 - Filed Under Health Care | 2 Comments

Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on KTBB AM & FM, Friday, September 04, 2009. As a good friend of mine, a volunteer football coach and altogether good guy said Wednesday afternoon, “Paul, when you married Lee you out-punted your coverage.” For those of you who aren’t football fans, suffice [...]

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