No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are No. 1 and No. 2. Full Article at Redding.com

Thomas Sowell: "Solving Whose Problem?" The conservative economist opines: "Many of the things the government does that may seem stupid are not stupid at all, from the standpoint of the elected officials or bureaucrats who do these things. Full Article at Booker Rising

No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems-- of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Full Article at Town Hall

Lloyd Marcus: "Farewell, Oprah: How About A Gift To Black America Before You Go?" More: "So Oprah, my dear friend, I challenge you. You have announced your program will end in 2011. Full Article at Booker Rising

What is so wrong with the current medical system in the United States that we are being urged to rush headlong into a new government system that we are not even supposed to understand, because this legislation is to be rushed through Congress before... Full Article at Detroit News Online

This is the second installment of a Monday series excerpting the chapter on political implications from Thomas Sowell's latest book, "The Housing Boom and Bust." Full Article at Investor's Business Daily