Why Won't Our Senate Audit The Federal Reserve?

After a committee vote and hearings in the US Senate on the nomination of Janet Yellen to the chair of the Federal Reserve system, many in the United States wait to see if the institution she plans to lead will face any serious scrutiny.

Subject to secrecy and opaque practices, the Federal Reserve is officially charged with setting monetary policy for the United States, but much of its activity is shrouded in mystery. Yet, despite some bipartisan support, there has been little movement toward an audit from the halls of Congress.

An Independent's Review of The Independents on Fox Business

This week marks the debut of Fox Business' new political roundtable show called 'The Independents.' It is hosted by Lisa 'Kennedy' Montgomery, and co-hosted by Matt Welch, and Kmele Foster.

Kennedy, best known for her tenure as an MTV VJ turned conservative political pundit, acts as the show's anchor/moderator, steering the 5-person panel through multiple topics and brief news segments.

GOP Leaders Want Even More Control over Picking Nominees

On Wednesday,

CNN reported that leaders in the national Republican Party have joined together in closed-door meetings to discuss new rules that would streamline the presidential nomination process and give the RNC more control over who eventually becomes the party's nominee.

Improving the National Political Dialogue Begins With Us -- The People

I strongly support efforts which encourage our elected representatives to seek common ground and bipartisanship -- toward consensus, cooperation, and compromise. I have even founded my own movement, the

C-Party Solution, for this purpose. Yet, I have come to realize that there is a deeper problem.

“We have met the enemy and he is us,” said Walt Kelly in 1970. How true this remains today.

10 Costly Programs Congress Should Cut from the Budget

In today's congressional atmosphere, suggesting ten costly programs that could be reasonably cut from the budget is analogous to placing warring siblings in a room with one toy and expecting them to cooperate.However, .

Obvious areas such as the morbidly obese defense budget and the contentious NSA surveillance programs are not listed here as the siblings just aren't ready for such a task, but here are ten things both sides could reasonably find common ground on:

How to Argue with a Friend

“Disagreement is critical to the well-being of our nation. But we must carry on our arguments with the realization that those with whom we disagree are not our enemies; rather, they are our colleagues in a great enterprise. When we respect each other enough to respond carefully to argument, we are filling roles necessary in a republic.”—Judge Thomas B. Griffith, “The Work of Civility."

Human beings are really good at fighting with enemies.