Ken's Comments

Further on the debate over whether the Republicans should consider a Supreme Court nominee submitted by President Obama to replace Justice Scalia. Seems that in 2006, then Senator Obama called on his colleagues in the Democrat majority to not consider appointees offered by President Bush.  A full 2 years prior to the end of President Bush's term in office. In 1988 and 1992, then Senator Joe Biden, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, killed many appointees offered by Presidents Reagan and Bush, respectively. http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tom-blumer/2016/02/27/washposts-thiessen-biden-blocked-federal-court-nominations-en-masse My position remains the same as before.  To have my respect, if an elected official takes a position for or against considering judicial nominees they need to remain consistent regardless of the party to which the President belongs. Personally, I don't favor a total ban on consideration of a nominee just because it is the President's la...

This is a series of mixed comments about the news that President Obama signed a treaty with Russia to reduce nuclear weapons. On the positive side, it s good to see the President is trying to reduce nuclear weapons. This is a continuation of a tradition started by President Reagan. On the negative side, I find the media hype a bit ridiculous and I am sure questions about the treaty and a recent rewriting of the nuclear policy will arise. I just wish the discussions of what is, conceptually, a good idea were a bit more toned down. After all, reducing the nuclear weapons in the world is not a bad idea. Russia is a country that could take a turn, politically, for the worse. So reducing the number of nuclear weapons they have pointed at us is not a bad idea. Also, the treaty did not sell out our development of a missle defense shield in Europe - again a good thing. It is good to see that ideas started by Ronald Reagan - reducing nuclear missiles not controlling the increase and def...