Yesterday, Pastor Himes provided powerful, and courageous, witness to the union violence he and his wife saw in St. Louis on August 6th. They provided strong testament to the union attack on Kenneth Gladney. But, his comments only dealt with
by Mike Flynn6 Nov 2009, 7:41 AM PST0
The withdrawal of Dede Scozzafava from the special election for Congress in upstate New York has predictably set off another wave of media-led hand-wringing about the health of the GOP. (See here and here, for example.) These stories are like
by Mike Flynn2 Nov 2009, 5:59 AM PST0
On Friday, we brought you the story of the little reporter who could…corner the market on nuttiness in under 5 sentences. As rants go, it was pretty impressive. What it lacked in eloquence or, even, coherance, it made up in
by Mike Flynn26 Oct 2009, 1:12 PM PST0
Once upon a time, ‘Republican’ Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava was the front-runner in the special election to replace actual Republican Rep. John McHugh. That was then, the video below is now: [youtube O62AjSPpDOs] In politics, a good rule-of-thumb is that the
by Mike Flynn22 Oct 2009, 9:00 AM PST0
Rush took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to address the mau-mauing that scuttled his NFL dreams. Personally, I’m a little mystified why Rush would want to own part of a football team. Oversized, preening and pampered athletes
by Mike Flynn17 Oct 2009, 1:57 PM PST0
Imagine: In the days following the public revelations of the accounting scandal at Enron, then-CEO Ken Lay convened a news conference. He forcefully expressed his disgust with the actions of his subordinates and vowed to begin “cleaning house” at the
by Mike Flynn9 Oct 2009, 6:00 AM PST0
In Washington, a crisis isn’t real until it has its own budget line-item. The $3-odd trillion we’ll spend this year is, apparently, a ‘best-case’ scenario. Anything unusual happen; a hurricane, earthquake, wild-fires, or, say, a possible flu epidemic, and we’re
by Mike Flynn30 Sep 2009, 9:47 AM PST0
German Chancellor Angela Merkel won a resounding reelection in today’s balloting in Germany. That was mostly expected. What wasn’t expected was the absolute drubbing suffered by SPD, the labor/left party. Until this election, Merkel’s conservatives were in an uneasy, ‘grand
by Mike Flynn27 Sep 2009, 11:18 PM PST0
Way back in March–long before the James and Hannah “pimp and ho’ road show”– the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, held a hearing where serious fraud allegations were raised against ACORN. Rep. John Conyers pressed
by Mike Flynn23 Sep 2009, 12:08 PM PST0
Today, Big Hollywood released a full audio recording and transcript of the NEA conference call. A full review of the call reveals several new and more troubling aspects to what transpired on the August 10th phone call. What is inescapable
by Mike Flynn21 Sep 2009, 3:31 PM PST0
Today, Big Hollywood released a full audio recording and transcript of the NEA conference call. A full review of the call reveals several new and more troubling aspects to what transpired on the August 10th phone call. What is inescapable
by Mike Flynn21 Sep 2009, 3:19 PM PST0
On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries“: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to
by Mike Flynn20 Sep 2009, 7:25 PM PST0
On August 25th 2009, Big Hollywood’s Patrick Courrielche broke the story of a conference call he attended with other “rising artist and art community luminaries“: On Thursday August 6th, I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts to
by Mike Flynn20 Sep 2009, 6:43 PM PST0
Last night, 83 members of the United States Senate went on record to prohibit ACORN from collecting any federal funds. Tonight, over 130 members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama, asking him to disclose and
by Mike Flynn15 Sep 2009, 5:57 PM PST0
The investigative journalism of James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles has opened yet another chapter in the corruption-tinged history of ACORN. For most Americans, ACORN is a political organization, running voter registration drives and get-out-the-vote efforts at election-time. With a rather
by Mike Flynn14 Sep 2009, 5:01 AM PST0
n7h6ycxmg5 [Ed Note: This is the first post to run at BigGovernment. It was published two-years ago today. It still seems relevant.] In 1995, President Bill Clinton stood before the nation and proclaimed, “The era of big government is over.”
by Mike Flynn10 Sep 2009, 4:26 AM PST0

It does not take long to count every vote, but it can take a few days to sort through complex information about election returns. Here’s what we’ve learned: the electorate who voted last Tuesday was much closer to the one
by Mike Flynn1 Jan 1970, 12:00 AM PST0

As exit polling again made clear in the 2014 midterm elections, there is no real “gender gap” in Americans’ voting. Many candidates experienced shock when votes were counted, as they had centered their campaigns around the belief that there is.
by Mike Flynn1 Jan 1970, 12:00 AM PST0