Terri McCormick, who served in the state Assembly from 2000 to 2006, was appalled by the “front row politics” of partisan extremes while in office and after she lost her primary bid for the 8th District Congress. The president of consulting group McCormick Dawson talked with Insight Editor Margaret LeBrun about why she wrote her new book, What Sex is a Republican? When I was running for the 8th Congressional district in 2006, individuals were surprised that someone who looked like me was running... more

Representative Terri McCormick is scheduled to speak at the University of Chicago at the Students for Liberty Conference on October 17th, 2009.  She will be discussing her new book ‘ What Sex Is A Republican? ‘ and its underlining message,  “It will take all of us to change the way things are in our government and politics.” Terri McCormick in an inspiring and personal public policy memoir points to the fact that we need ‘integrity leaders’ to replace the career politicians of the... more

“In August alone we imported 355 million barrels of oil and sent $25.2 Billion overseas – the most spent on foreign oil out of any month this year.” “We are digging ourselves deeper into a hole every day, our economy and security are suffering.” China, Australia, Russia, Romania Are building CNG pipelines to become energy independent as we speak… New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act NAT GAS Act of 2009 (H.R. 1835) Sets government as the example requiring that... more

By T. Boone Pickens Posted: 07/21/09 06:25 PM [ET] I have been coming to Washington for more than 40 years. No matter which party is in power, that party claims it is being bipartisan, and the other group says it is not being allowed into the deal. Once in a great while an issue gets to the point where the usual automatic partisan positions are left behind. Trade is a good example. In the recent past, 17 bilateral free trade agreements were negotiated by Democratic and Republican administrations... more

On September 12th in Washington DC – Citizens from across the country attended a march on Washington and Congress to make their voices heard.  They were from Oklahoma, California, Missouri, Michigan, Texas, Indianapolis … with one message. That message was ‘they are unhappy with the spending of government and were given notice that all incumbents need to go!” Comments heard were;  “We love our country and we are here to restore fiscal responsibility and limited government.”  “... more