President Obama Visits Elkhart Bringing Promise for Jobs
Yesterday, President Obama paid his seventh visit to the South Bend area (his third as president) in a speech in Wakarusa, Indiana in Elkhart County. Elkhart County, which is just east of South Bend,...
View ArticleBlame Bush for the Recession, Not Obama
As the townhall protests extend through August, many of the protesters are aiming their anger at a man that had nothing to do with the economic woes that the country now faces today. The policies of...
View ArticleDetroit: City on the Brink
I wanted to take the time to promote three of the e-books that I have published online at Amazon.com. All three of these works are adapted from papers that I wrote for my political science classes at...
View ArticleTh!nk Electric Car Plant Coming to Elkhart
We’ve done a lot of reporting about Elkhart and the state of the economy on this blog. President Obama of course brought national attention when he visited the city twice, once to announce an electric...
View ArticleDetroit: A City on the Brink #1 on Amazon.com
It’s not every day that an author can say that they are #1. Last week I found out that my e-book, Detroit: A City on the Brink, achieved just that. It was the best selling Urban Planning &...
View ArticlePresident Obama Meets with Republicans for Q&A
President Obama went full steam into the lion’s den on Friday as he joined Republicans at their annual retreat in Baltimore, Maryland. While he gave a speech that sounded similar themes to his State of...
View ArticleIndiana Senate: Bayh Leads Coats by 20
Just a day after former senator Dan Coats announced his entrance into the Indiana Senate race, a poll shows that he has a lot of ground to make up before he can call himself a “current senator”....
View ArticleThe Stimulus Saved the Economy
The Obama administration has been building up its contention that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus, saved the economy from economic depression. The numbers lay...
View ArticleDemocrats Win By Defending Middle Class
President Obama is holding up remarkably well against his potential Republican challengers, despite low approval ratings. The economy is in a state of disarray with wild swings in the stock market and...
View ArticleDemanding an Efficient Government
Democrats and Republicans often get into arguments about the size and role of government. Liberals believe in a strong role to protect the most vulnerable in society while conservatives favor the...
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