Republican National Chairman Reince Priebus was being interviewed by CBS News Bob Schieffer on the Sunday morning political talk-fest a week ago yesterday.

When former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney made the unrehearsed comment that he wasn’t worried about the poor, did anyone really think that’s exactly what he meant?

My first experience visiting a public library occurred when I was in the first grade in Syracuse, NY. I was fortunate enough to go with the second graders to our local library.

The Times of London reported this week: “The U.S. military said in a secret report the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw from the country, raising the prospect of a major failure of western policy after a costly war.”

What are liberals so afraid of? Why do black conservatives such as Congressman Allen West – who represents the 22nd House District of Florida – scare the liberal elite and the so-called black civil rights leaders?

The Florida Republican presidential primary has been won handily by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, and the news reports focus almost exclusively on how much he has spent and how negative his campaign ads have been.

This morning, 90 miles to the northeast of Pittsburgh, a crowd of 30,000 will gather on Gobbler's Knob and await the annual prediction of the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. The immortal Phil will peer from his stump in search of his shadow.

I guess I should never be surprised when news comes out from the O’Malley Administration that we can expect even more new state taxes and increases in those we already have. But this time our old friend Martin has really outdone himself.

Legislation to address how Maryland estate taxes inhibit farmers from passing-down the family farm to succeeding generations has gained some much-needed interest in the current session of the Maryland General Assembly.

It has come down to this: “Occupy FMH!” We can see the street riff-raff headed for Frederick Memorial Hospital.

Kuching, Malaysian Borneo – The first stop on our weekend jaunt was to the Indonesian-Malaysian border town of Serikan. I had been told about this shopping bazaar with its cut-rate prices since I arrived a few years back and most people made it seem they were giving away merchandise.  It has been touted as the “Mall of America” of Borneo.

Over the weekend – on the eve of today’s Florida Republican presidential nomination primary – both Sarah Palin and Herman Cain endorsed former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich.

In the private sector – for those of us who actually create jobs despite having to struggle with mandates from state and federal government – we have a saying: “Revenue solves all problems.”

Chris Van Hollen has been our Eighth District Congressional Representative since 2002. During his time in Congress, Mr. Van Hollen has consistently voted with the Democratic Party machine almost 99% of the time.

The next big battle between state and local government might just play out along a highway in Frederick County.

The combination of tax season and a poor economy has Americans more watchful of the money they’re trying to save and not trying to spend. We look to maximize every deduction that we can, so that we don’t give up more money to the government.