This time, Oil Conglomerates and Petroleum Rich Nations, I’ve got your number. You know, the big two-foot tall ones in front of gas stations. You’ve tried to sneak up nasty price hikes on us before, literally by nickeling and diming. Well, I’m here to warn you, I’ve got you figured out. Yessiree. I am no longer going to be Mr. Nice Self-Serve Customer.

“I can’t believe that Dave Allison’s performance pay was approved. There’s no balanced budget and the 2 percent increase they just gave is being taken away districtwide. Doesn’t seem to affect him. How fair is that?”

Americans are rightly concerned about going over the fiscal cliff. But they got their eyes on the wrong cliff. The Little Cliff that is in the news is man-made, a mixture of spending cuts and tax hikes intended to be so onerous that Washington politicians would have to “do something” meaningful to reduce the national debt.

“Did the Cronkite School honor Bob Costas as a sports caster or political commentator? The school should be embarrassed about his injecting his political opinions into sports.”

BOCA RATON, Fla. — President Barack Obama sharply challenged Mitt Romney on foreign policy in their final campaign debate Monday night, accusing him of "wrong and reckless leadership that is all over the map." The Republican coolly responded, "Attacking me is not an agenda" for dealing with a dangerous world.

Many people like the idea of cooking with whole grains - They are so healthful! - but refrain from actually plunging in because so many of them are unfamiliar.

“Naturally it was a terrorist attack in Libya. I don’t think it was a coincidence that it happened on 9/11. Who else would show up at a demonstration with rocket-propelled grenades or assault rifles besides terrorists or our own tea party?”

"Do everything without complaining or arguing...” (Philippians 2:14). Now there’s something that isn’t being followed very well in the midst of this current election season. It seems that the right to free speech has spun out of control. Whether it’s Democrats and Republicans bashing each other, or candidates slamming their opponents with dishonest remarks, one thing is for sure. Respect for authority figures is in desperately short supply.

Many people like the idea of cooking with whole grains — They are so healthful! — but refrain from actually plunging in because so many of them are unfamiliar.

“It’s depressing how bad Americans have become. A big percentage of our citizens openly root and pray for the complete downfall and destruction of our president. Why do we want our president, and in turn, our country to fail? Is that what it means to be American these days?”

Looks like we have another Jimmy Carter President in the White House. Barack Hussein Obama has been kissing up to the Muslim world since he became president. Could it be from his Muslim childhood in Indonesia? He hardly had a “Yankee Doodle Dandy” childhood. His parents met at a Russian language class in the 1960s at the University of Hawaii (now who studied Russian back in those days, Marxists maybe?). On one of his first overseas trips as president he meets the King of Saudi Arabia (Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques) and gives him a full bow from the waist. No other president has bowed down to any head of state in our history. Then Obama apologizes to the Muslim world for America’s past “transgressions” at the University of Cairo. Yes, Cairo, where our U.S. Embassy was overrun. What does the Obama Administration do? It issues another “apology.” “The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts of misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims...”

A top elected Republican will be leading the effort to convince voters to keep the partisan in partisan politics.

The Republican party wants us to believe that the unemployment rate of 8.2 percent reflects negatively on Obama’s economic policies. My question is compared to what?

It was 45 years ago — June 8, 1967 — almost to the day, that the USS Liberty was attacked in international waters off the coast of Egypt by Israeli fighter jets and torpedo boats. Thirty-one Navy seamen, two Marines and one U.S. civilian were killed and 170 Navy seaman were wounded. Capt. William L. McGonagle was wounded and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on that day. The award ceremony was not conducted in the White House by President Johnson as not to embarrass Israel. Instead, it was awarded in an office at the Washington Naval Yard by the Secretary of the Navy with no media present.

Universal City, Calif.  •  Which ‘bots are in, and which are out?

Universal City, Calif.  •  Which ‘bots are in, and which are out?

During Passover each year much of the culinary focus is on the seder, the celebratory meal that commemorates the Jewish liberation and exodus from ancient Egypt.

During Passover each year much of the culinary focus is on the seder, the celebratory meal that commemorates the Jewish liberation and exodus from ancient Egypt.

Experience the pathos of Aida, an Ethiopian princess in love with her nation’s enemy and conqueror, Prince Radames of Egypt. Arizona Opera presents this tale of temples, tombs, triumph and tragedy for the first time in 10 years. The opera is sung in Italian with English surtitles.

"It didn't rain at all this year during the Phoenix Open as it always has for years and years when they've held the event here. It must be ‘global drying.'"

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

Jean Fritts prepared a special treat for her granddaughter’s arrival in Sun City last week. Holly Pickett doesn’t have much opportunity to enjoy her grandmother’s cuisine when she’s on the front line of breaking news stories in the Middle East.

WASHINGTON -- The signals are strong. One year after being shot in the head, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is on a mission to return to the job she so clearly loved.