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2012 — the year that was

2012 — the year that was

It’s tough to cover economic news and not talk about the economy and jobs while maintaining the myth of impartiality.

January 2, 2013 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

Getting mugged by reality

Getting mugged by reality

‘If wishes and buts were candy and nuts, Republicans would have a merry Christmas.’

November 18, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

Election – The Big One

Election – The Big One

This is the time each and every one of us in this Great Nation gets to register his or her selection equally. This is a “No Drill” moment. The First Tuesday in November is coming.

October 29, 2012 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

The Devil makes them do it

The Devil makes them do it

Should Romney continue to best Obama in the economic issues, the election is effectively over and even the Devil making the MSM bend left won’t be able to change the result.

October 20, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

The ‘Good Obama’ vs. the ‘Bad Obama’

The ‘Good Obama’ vs. the ‘Bad Obama’

The problem is, the vision the Good Obama talks about carrying forward has no relation to reality created by the Bad Obama.

October 2, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

The campaign half empty

The campaign half empty

The GOP struggle to “get that man out of the White House” lost half its hot air this week after a Romney video was made public.

September 22, 2012 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Politics — more big time

Politics — more big time

PETER O’CONNOR Guest Columnist opinion@lbknews.com We knew that the big time would come again to Tampa Bay, specifically to our city, Sarasota. There has been more Republican action in town this year; I suppose you can chalk that up to the primary activity in the GOP. The Republican Convention up in Tampa had to have [...]

August 31, 2012 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Demagoguery, foolishness and hard reality

Demagoguery, foolishness and hard reality

Forget the dog, the woman, the place of birth, now each side is accusing the other of killing Medicare.

August 26, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

The 800-pound gorilla in the argument

The 800-pound gorilla in the argument

We are the brokest nation in history. We owe more than $16 trillion, and we are piling another trillion dollars on every year as far as the eye can see.

August 18, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »

Things we should know, but don’t

Things we should know, but don’t

TOM BURGUM Contributing Columnist burgum@lbknews.com Mitt Romney went abroad last week and, if the mainstream press is to be believed, committed one blunder after another. I’ll reserve judgment on all of that, except to question why an outright endorsement of Romney by Cold War hero, trade-union organizer and human rights-activist Lech Walesa was not given [...]

August 10, 2012 | Posted in Opinion, Tom Burgum | Read More »