BY GARY JOHNSON
Reprinted from Twin Cities Business Magazine

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier, spare a thought for the back-breaking work. Say a prayer for his wife and his children, who burn the fires and still till the earth.
Every Thanksgiving my son and I drive 90 minutes into western Wisconsin to visit the Coon [...]

BY TONY BLANKLEY
Reprinted from TownHall.com
Sunday on “Meet the Press” Colin Powell blamed divisive, poisonous Washington politics on the media and the Tea Party. The essence of Powell’s argument was: “Republicans and Democrats are focusing more and more on their extreme left and extreme right. And we have to come back toward the center in [...]

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com
The New Hampshire Union-Leader (neé Manchester Union-Leader) endorsed Speaker Newt Gingrich for President in the Republican primary which will be held there on January 10, 2012.
This is no small deal for Gingrich because it is a legitimate endorsement from the daily newspaper of the largest city in the state.
As I tweeted [...]

BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON
The death of the super committee on deficit reduction was so painful to watch.
It didn’t even get a decent funeral. But then it didn’t deserve one. Its life was ill begotten and misspent.
The eulogies were a mix of  ‘I told you so’s’ by people and press who told us nothing, and politicians [...]

BY MICHAEL S. JOHNSON
There is one person I know who is having a very special Thanksgiving this year, probably more special than all the others.
Her name is Tricia and just last Friday, November 18, she was what the medical community calls “clinically” dead.
This weekend she is home with her children and grandchild gathered around, no [...]

BY TONY BLANKLEY
Reprinted from Townhall.com
As we approach the festive season — the elongated, enchanting month from Thanksgiving through Christmas to New Years — my mind has been drifting through various memorable past holidays. Some have been personal — the last one with my father before he died. But one that stands out for historic [...]

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com
Generally: Every debate starts with more and longer packages, more solemn announcers, and a greater sense of import. Took 13:30 to get to the first question. I was surprised – pleasantly surprised – that for the most part the candidates had a good idea what they were talking about, and [...]

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com
The conventional wisdom out of Washington is that the Super Committee will not reach an agreement to cut between $1.2 and $1.5 trillion dollars over the next ten years.
That same narrative holds that the six Representatives (3 Rs – 3 Ds) and six Senators (3 Rs – 3 Ds) who [...]

BY FRANK HILL
Reprinted from Telemachus.com
A very high-level and important person that you may know personally or have heard of said that this is the answer President Obama gave when he was asked why he did not introduce the Bowles-Simpson (let’s call it ‘BS’ for brevity’s sake) recommendations as a bill in the US Congress.
Just [...]

BY RICH GALEN
Reprinted from Mullings.com
Before we start, let me advise everyone whose time is valuable that today’s MULLINGS is not going to be worth it. Go get a bagel and a cup of coffee, instead. Bye.
I have a Google Alert on myself. I have often said that I have that to make sure I [...]