Health care law splits congressional candidates Altmire, Rothfus

via Real Clear Politics
From The Valley News Dispatch
U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire lauded parts of health care reform he voted against in March during an appearance in Harrison on Tuesday morning.
Altmire spoke during a breakfast with community leaders that kicked off the Alle-Kiski Health Foundation’s weeklong grand opening celebration of its new nonprofit center on Acee [...]

September 25-26 – Growth through Fair Competition


Image via Drudge
Glen begins his radio program this weekend by discussing the negative effects that “Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) have on the Pennsylvania economy.  Glen also comments on the new national union rule approved by the National Mediation Board (not voted on by Congress) that makes it easier for unions to organize in the airline [...]

LA Times: “41 Obama White House aides owe the IRS $831,000 in back taxes”

“Some diligent digging by the Washington Post“, and careful reporting by Andrew Malcolm of the L.A. Times.
The bottom line according to Malcolm?
“We now know that federal employees across the nation owe fully $1 billion in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.
As in, 1,000 times one million dollars. All this political jabber about giving middle-class [...]

“Where Have You Gone, Ludwig von Mises? Considering Mises: ‘The Last Knight of Liberalism’”

By Dr. Shawn Ritenour
As posted at The Center for Vision and Values
Washington’s stunning economic power grabs-healthcare centralization, Keynesian fiscal stimulus, and Federal Reserve bailouts-are creating an unintended consequence: an increasing demand for freedom literature. Exhibit A would have to be F.A. Hayek’s 66-year-old Road to Serfdom’s recently hitting number one for all books on Amazon.com.Those [...]

September 11-12 – Remembering 9/11


On his radio program this weekend, Glen reflects on the 9/11 attacks carried out against the United States nine years ago today.  Glen also talks about the provocation of the Ground Zero Mosque, and the provocation of burning the Koran.
Sara Mohsin – owner of Mohsin Mortgage Company and a wonderful entrepreneur – appears and offers [...]

September 4-5 – Our First Live Broadcast


Exciting things are happening with the Glen Meakem Program.  We are now broadcasting live Saturday mornings and have expanded the program from 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
This weekend, Rep. Mike Pence, Congressman from Indian, joined me on the program.  In spite of the polling data that points to significant Republican gains in this U.S. House [...]

Remembering America’s Iraq War ‘Patriotic Opposition’

By Dr. Paul Kengor
Originally published at The American Spectator
In his speech to the nation Tuesday night, President Obama offered a tepid acknowledgment to George W. Bush for his patriotism and love of country through the hellacious ordeal of the Iraq war — made hellacious by the bilious criticisms leveled by unrelenting, vicious liberal Democrats. It [...]

August 28-29 – More Lessons in Keynesian Economics


Source: The Hill
Several great guests join me on this weekend’s 90 minute radio program.  Jerry Bowyer – economist, syndicated columnist, and a good friend – joined me in discussing President Obama’s failed $787 billion stimulus plan.  We also commented on the video, “Real or Fake,” a project that explores individual Americans’ comprehension of  federal government [...]

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR’S VIEW OF ISLAM

By Paul E. Merek
As forwarded by Emanuel Tanay, M.D.
A man, whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War II, owned a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude toward fanaticism. ‘Very few people were true Nazis,’ he said, [...]

An Attack on Religion and Counseling

Associate professor of psychology at Grove City College and researcher on positive youth development with The Center for Vision & Values—Dr. Joseph J. Horton—reviews a recent ruling by a U.S. District Judge: “I am confident that Judge Steeh’s ruling not only harms religious freedom, it will harm counseling and ultimately harm those who seek counseling. Proponents of the decision are attacking a belief system they find particularly odious, but they are also attacking the freedom of counselors to best meet people’s needs.”