http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:38:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103816.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103816.html I am an inveterate filler-out of forms. Form filler-outer. Outfiller of forms.I fill out a lot of forms, is what I’m trying to say. Magazine forms, coupons, order forms, you name it. Give me a pen and I’ll get right to work. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:37:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103714.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103714.html On Nov. 3, the fairy tale died. The election results in Virginia and New Jersey dismantled the self-satisfied, just-so story that Democrats have been telling themselves about last year’s election.   Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:36:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103602.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103602.html In his first year in office, Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (11). It’s an itinerary befitting a “citizen of the world.” Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103459.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315103459.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315102955.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315102955.html In the friendly confines of the Oval Office, congratulations are about to be exchanged. On those dithering heights, victory is about to be proclaimed. A great change is about to take place in Americans’ health care and how to pay for it, and the administration sounds triumphant. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315102223.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_315102223.html I’ve heard it said that “the dentist will see you now” are the scariest words in the human language. I can take that one step further. Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:43:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_260164404.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_260164404.html President Obama recently took his case for health care reform before Congress and the American people. He didn’t make the sale. Tue, 19 May 2009 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_139161243.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_139161243.html Tue, 19 May 2009 16:11:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_139161153.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_139161153.html American capitalism is a house divided. On one side are those corporations and financial firms dependent on government support, and thus eager to obey the diktat of their political minders. They are part of Obama, Inc., a vast public-private entity pursuing a vision of a greener, more constrained, and politicized capitalism. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172455.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172455.html I recently played host to a large group of people (that’s “large” as in “herd”) who came to town to partake of my legendary open door policy. In other words, they needed a place to crash and I had room.The visit served to remind me that I have no future in the hospitality industry. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:21:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172252.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172252.html If every Obama-era negotiation were as cleareyed and unsentimental as that over the fate of Capt. Richard Phillips, the nation’s interests would be well-served. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:19:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172111.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_110172111.html Home is the sailor, home from sea. Capt. Richard Phillips, his five-day ordeal happily concluded, has been rescued in the finest tradition of the United States Navy, and his captors dealt with. Effectively and summarily. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160720.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160720.html George H.W. Bush made a “read my lips” no-new-taxes pledge in his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention in August 1988, and broke it two years later. That seemed a fast turnaround, but President Barack Obama has outpaced him by making, and then signaling his intention to break, a no-new-taxes pledge all in the same address. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160618.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160618.html The Governator: What a sad artifact of a bygone era that moniker is. Arnold Schwarzenegger circa the 2003 “total recall” election was going to sweep all before him as California governor, bringing the same élan and toughness he had on the big screen to fighting special interests and restoring his beloved state to competitiveness. Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160533.html http://www.glasgowdailytimes.com/hendricks/commentary/local_story_064160533.html