February 12, 2009, Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence, presented the "Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community for the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence."

At first they laughed, but then a look of baffled disdain appeared on the faces of colleagues on a Harvard advisory board when I said, "There's one group we've overlooked. What about rednecks?"

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have recruited at least 40 other rich individuals and couples to give half of their wealth to charities through something called the Giving Pledge. Sources estimate these rich folks could give away as much as $600 billion, or about one-half what President Obama plans to borrow annually on behalf of the American people this year…and next and the next….

WASHINGTON — As Congress gets ready to take a six-week district work period, instead of staying at work to come up with common sense solutions to our growing economic problems, the summer temperatures are on the rise just like Congress' seemingly never-ending spending spree.