While campaigning for change, Barack Obama said, “We need earmark reform, and when I’m President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.” But now the President is about to sign a huge 2,697 page spending bill with over 9,000 unnecessary and was...

This ain't your grandfather's Depression. Lake Havasu, Arizona, known mostly for drinking, boating, Spring Break, and girls gone wild, is also the home of London Bridge. Although there are often London Bridges falling down in Lake Havasu, the out-of-place structure is not one of them. However it has...

It’s been interesting to follow the debate over earmarks in appropriations bills. Everyone knows that they increased dramatically in recent years, to the point where public anger at the practice led Congress to consider ‘reforms.’ There seems to be little confidence that Congress h...

    Former GOP presidential candidate, John McCain was on C-SPAN  today discussing earmarks, one of his signature issues. This is the first time I’ve seen John McCain in any significant capacity since he lost to Obama. Oh wait.. he was on Letterman but that doesn’t really count does i...

James Pethokoukis points to an item in the Wall Street Journal on Democratic concerns that the timetable for the stimulus may slip as Barack Obama’s transition team fails to deliver its requests on time: Democratic leaders are increasingly concerned that they won’t be able to offer an ec...