Four areas where the President doesn't go far enough (or goes in the wrong direction) from where I think U.S. policy should be going: Drug legalization (or decriminalization); Use of [...]

I have heard some commentators mention Paul Ryan as the "bold" choice for Mitt as his VP candidate.  As opposed to some safer picks, adding Ryan to the ticket would [...]

Here are a couple of links talking about the CFPB's new prototype tool to help students and their families figure out how to finance a college education. As the Agency itself [...]

I mentioned below that I'm currently working at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  In my position, I deal with consumers and the problems they have with their mortgages, lenders and [...]

Here's a piece from NPR about a Marine who is soon to be an ex-Marine for violating Article 88, UCMJ. Here's where his lawyers go off the track, "As the Los [...]

This space and I have undergone some changes since the last post when I was an active duty member of the Air Force, stationed in Iraq.  At the urging of [...]

Yeah, I know I haven't been around much. Since I moved locations, the government internet blockage has gotten more strict, so that my blog (as well as many others) is [...]

I hear that John Boehner has decided that the GOP position on agreeing to raise the debt limit is that first there must be spending cuts of up to $2 [...]

I'm on the record as believing that President Obama will be reelected in 2012. That's not a tough call, as I'm a partisan Democrat and he's an incumbent. Still, if [...]

In the wake of OBL's death, I don't mind if Obama and the Dems try to take some partisan advantage. In fact, I hope they do. I'm very much of [...]