The Freak Show: Is This The Best We Can Do? Hal B. Selzer April 13, 2012 Columns I’ve had several of my Republican friends make that remark to me recently. The economy is showing signs of improvement, but overall, unemployment is high, there have been concerns over foreign policy, especiall...
The Freak Show: Have The Oil Companies Bought The Republicans? Hal B. Selzer February 10, 2012 Columns Our country is based on a free press. That’s how the public finds out about issues affecting the country, and decides what the best choices are to handle the problems we are faced with. And even what politician...
Reality Check: GOP Vacuum James Campion October 5, 2011 Columns 1 In the 6/22/11 submission of this space, “The Courtship Of Chris Christie,” I referred to several members of the New Jersey governor’s staff emphatically repeating the same thing: Under no circumstances wou...
The Freak Show: The Republican Hypocrisy Hal B. Selzer May 4, 2011 Columns 1 The big mess in Washington this week is over the controversy of whether to raise the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling is a limit set by Congress limiting how much they can spend over what tax revenues and fees br...
The Freak Show: Time For The Republicans To Put Up Or Shut Up Hal B. Selzer November 17, 2010 Columns 2 The midterm elections are over, and the Republican Party now controls the House of Representatives, and while they don’t control the Senate, they have enough of a presence to help dictate what legislation gets ...
