I have little doubt that critics (and perhaps even fans) of these columns are tiring of my weekly harangue over the sorry performance of Barack Obama. And just when I think I can spend a week actually thinking about something else on which to comment, he renders such fancy impossible by proposing yet another inane scheme for spending our great, great, great grandchildren's hard earned tax dollars. This week is no exception.

Voter dissatisfaction with the federal government is at an 18-year high as campaign season officially kicks off. Democrats are fighting discouragement, while Republicans try to temper expectations.

The first part of an economic development program announced Monday by President Obama would bring $50 billion in infrastructure upgrades, but the term 'stimulus' has become associated with big government spending.

Harry Reid and Sharron Angle are in a neck-and-neck race for the Nevada senate mid-term election according to the latest poll, with each candidate carrying 47% of voters polled.

52% of Americans polled view the Labor Day holiday weekend as the unofficial end to summer.  Yet one-third of those polled celebrate Labor Day as a tribute to workers.

After toppling moderate Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Alaska, the 'tea party' it setting its sights on Delaware. Tea party favorite Christine O'Donnell is challenging moderate US Rep. Mike Castle in this month's GOP US Senate primary.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stumbled badly at the beginning of a gubernatorial debate Wednesday. But Brewer is a Republican in a conservative state, so the damage may be limited.

Obama mulls new tax relief and help for 'under water' mortgages to lift economy. Republicans and business groups say if jobs are the goal, tax relief should include highest-earning Americans.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf wants to build an Islamic center and mosque near ground zero as part of his effort to preach Muslim tolerance. But on the eve of 9/11, opposition and skepticism abounds.

Police in Brooklyn, NY are questioning Carlotta Pierce, 30, after paramedics were called to her home to find her 4-year-old daughter dead in her crib.  The girl apparently weighed only 15 pounds, though she suffered from a lung ailment from child birth.

The Justice Department said Thursday that Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona's Maricopa County is not cooperating in an investigation into whether his department has used racial profiling in sweeps to catch illegal immigrants.

Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO president, predicts that Democrats will defy conventional wisdom and keep control of the Senate and House in November. But if Republicans take over even just the House, 'any chance of progress will be ended,' says the union leader.

A man who was allegedly angry with the Discovery Channel's environmental lineup, entering the company's national headquarters outside Washington, DC and took several people hostage at gunpoint, was negatively influenced by Al Gore's film "An In Convenient Truth."

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska concedes to Joe Miller in Alaska's Aug. 24 primary. She joins six other congressional incumbents who lost in their party's primaries.

The race between Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) of California and her Republican challenger, Carly Fiorina, has already had some odd moments. On Wednesday night, the two debate.