http://www.thedailystar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_300111644.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_300111644.html Albert Schweitzer, the Dalai Lama, Andrei Sakharov, Anwar Sadat, Menachem Begin, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa and Elie Wiesel. These, along with many other deserving individuals, were the type of persons who used to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:30:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_286034505.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_286034505.html Things are looking up for the conservative side of the Republican Party. No one could have predicted the overwhelming success of the two TEA parties held earlier this year. And then to top that success, we had the overwhelming turnout for the March on Washington on Sept. 12. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_272034504.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_272034504.html In my last column, I listed many ways for Congress to move slowly, cautiously and responsibly in trying to implement some kind of health care reform. I'll try to use the next one or two columns to expand on those possibilities. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 08:10:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_258034507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_258034507.html I had to wait to write this column until Obamas ego was assuaged by giving yet another prime-time campaign speech. He wanted bipartisanship, yet continually scolded Republicans and conservatives. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:43:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_244034506.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_244034506.html Radu Cristea is a special Romanian friend from Cluj-Napoca and has been indispensable in the work I am doing there. It would have been almost impossible for me to have accomplished anything without his advice and unselfish assistance. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:58:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_230034505.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_230034505.html It's hard to follow what is happening in the U.S. while being here in Romania, but it is quite easy to see that politicians are having a heck of a time trying to sell the idea of "Obamacare" to their constituents. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:38:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_202034514.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_202034514.html One of the hard parts of traveling is finding the time to write my column. I have to admit, I'm a news junkie, and USA Today and some of the local papers just don't cut it. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:36:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_188034504.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_188034504.html Last Saturday, I attended a second local TEA Party. This one was held at Losie's on Oneonta's Southside. Once again, I was impressed with the organization of the event and the probably 200 normal, patriotic, good Americans who simply wanted to say they have had enough of too much government. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_174034512.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_174034512.html I'm wondering how long it will be before the word "impeachment" starts being bantered about? The list of reasons to expel Obama keeps getting longer and stronger, and this is only five months into his reign. Everyone knows about his inexperience. His rhetorical abilities made people overlook this weakness. Even his eligibility to have become president is becoming an issue. Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:39:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_160073040.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_160073040.html I think the Democrats, Barack "shoot from the lip" Obama and "Queen" Nancy Pelosi, in particular, learned some valuable lessons recently. They learned the hard way not to go up against a Republican who has a backbone, experience, ethics, a protect-Americans-first philosophy and the truth on his side. That person is Dick Cheney. Tue, 26 May 2009 07:19:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_146034509.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_146034509.html Just a little more on the book ``Lone Survivor'' by Marcus Luttrell, Navy SEAL. He continues to describe what the military is up against. It gets very discouraging for them to pick up a paper and read about our politicians degrading the military. We all remember the Haditha Marines who were accused of murder. Jack Murtha jumped out front (with Kennedy, Kerry and Reid close behind), and with absolutely no facts, declared them guilty. Tue, 12 May 2009 07:31:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_132040005.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_132040005.html Last week, a student brought in a book for me to read titled "Lone Survivor," a No. 1 best-seller about the personal story of a U.S. Navy SEAL and his experiences in the mountains of Afghanistan. I literally couldn't put it down until I finished it. The review that follows will probably take two columns and then I can tie it all in with Janet "from another planet" Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security report that pointedly slanders our military forces and American conservatives in general. Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:17:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_118040016.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_118040016.html Obama's continual incompetence is giving me so much material, I think I have enough for my next 10 columns. As much as I would like to begin to write about these weaknesses, I really have to write about the recent TEA (Taxed Enough Already) parties held in all 50 states April 15. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:44:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_104040005.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_104040005.html Well, according to the Tax Foundation of Washington, D.C., Monday was tax freedom day. This is the date that, on average, we have paid off all levels of government for the year and can start keeping what we work hard for. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:44:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_090040004.html http://www.thedailystar.com/searscolumn/local_story_090040004.html What a difference 950 miles make. Anita has been researching potential areas for retirement and came up with a pretty intriguing option: Winchester, Tenn.