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More than a few observers last month remarked that raising taxes, and giving Congress even more money to spend, is akin to handing a bottle of whiskey to a habitual drunk. They’re probably right — and the comparison just might point in a helpful direction. Tens of millions of addicts, helpless to reform themselves flying solo, have found sanity through twelve-step programs. It may be time for the federal government to make the same discovery. Sound silly? No sillier than letting the feds spend one-quarter of the nation’s gross domestic product with little to show for it. Aided by an...

It's the morning after an intoxicated stupor for many Obama supporters. Jewish Democrats, who were among his most fervent admirers, are waking up with headaches about the President's policy and conduct in the Middle East; even media devotees such as Martin Peretz, The New Republic, cannot find excuses for the President's honoring of a blatant anti-Semite and Israel-basher with the nation's highest civilian award. Senior citizens who voted for him are now feeling rather sick about what will happen to their healthcare under the administration's plan.  Those of us who didn't drink the Kool Aid are beginning to hear regrets...

DEAR ONES, IF any of you have suffered at all at the hands of Alcoholism in any form via any connection, then you may well know something of the traumas involved between and behind the hubby's words below. I believe that only The Grace of God AND great persistent dogged efforts on the part of all concerned can bring victory in such matters. PLEASE pray with me in behalf of this whole family . . . --that the wife will decide deeply and comprehensively to be done with such an addiction, affliction, oppression . . . --that her family members...

To Any Person Who Suspects They May Have a Drinking Problem, I have written this to describe my experiences of the past 14 months as I have worked to resolve my drinking problem. Everyone is different and I do not propose to be an expert on this topic, but I have my own personal experience and I am sharing it in the hope that it might help someone else to solve this problem and change their life. I have now been sober for 14 months without a drop of alcohol. This is not a long time as compared to over...