Krauthammer: The System Works

Columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote an interesting column countering the claim that our political system is  broken.

Of all the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom in today's Washington, the most lazy, stupid, and ubiquitous is that our politics is broken. On the contrary. Our political system is working well (I make no such claim for our economy), indeed, precisely as designed - profound changes in popular will translated into law that alters the nation's political direction.

The process has been messy, loud, disputatious, and often rancorous. So what? In the end, the system works. Exhibit A is Wisconsin. Exhibit B is Washington itself.

You can read the rest of the column at National Review Online via the below link:
 
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/274375/system-works-charles-krauthammer

My On Crime & Security Column: Tis the Season to be Charitable, But Don't Fall for Charity Fraud

The national small business web site Businessknowhow.com published my On Crime & Security column today.

The column dealt with charity fraud, as the crooks are working as hard as Santa's elves this time of year, trying to cheat and con business people and individuals into donating to phony charities.

You can read the column via the below link:

http://www.businessknowhow.com/security/charityfraud.htm