The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a revised health care reform bill today that includes both a public option and a significantly lower price tag: WASHINGTON — Democrats on a key Senate Committee outlined a revised and far less costly health care plan Wednesday night that includes a government-run insurance option [...]

Good grief, Charlie Brown! It seems like the GOP can’t get a break. As you’ve most likely heard, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford has confessed his extramarital affair to the world, thus ruining both his public image and his hopes for the 2012 presidential race. On top of that, Republicans are still recovering from Nevada [...]

Before you look to see if I have abdicated my column to a more liberal author, hold on. It’s still me, Jess Jones, that conservative nut job. During the years of President George W. Bush’s presidency, Republicans whined, wailed and gnashed their teeth over all the negative press that he received from the “left wing [...]

There is an argument you’ve probably heard over and over again if you’ve ever discussed politics in the state of Utah: “The government should not get involved with ________. Markets will naturally fix things better than the inefficient government will be able to.” Conservatives frequently employ the same argument as a major reason why the [...]

With the Fourth of July approaching this weekend, I would be shirking my sacred duty as a conservative if I didn’t take the time to make my own personal Pledge of Allegiance to the United States. In spite of all the conflicts, scandals, controversies and debates that have haunted our nightly news programs and literally [...]

This column originally ran in The Daily Universe on June 30. With all the hullaballoo in Washington this week over prominent Republican governors disappearing for five days to Argentina and pro-democracy protests in Iran, it is a wonder anyone has found the time to debate, much less vote on, matters of domestic policy. Nevertheless, the [...]

Is the “The Public Option” health care plan a pill worth swallowing? You be the doctor…..

We here at Rhombus would like to take this opportunity to welcome our newest contributor, Jess Jones. Serving as our resident conservative political columnist, I believe Jess will bring the same fair, thoughtful tone to his columns that he does to his life. Though he and I may not agree on everything, I respect his [...]

When Barack Obama was elected as the country’s 44th president, there was great hope amongst the LGBT community and their supporters that things would change. Gone were the days of Bush, Cheney (who, weirdly enough, turned out to be a pretty big pro-gay guy recently) and the like. In was the shining savior of the [...]

The Republican Party’s formerly unbeatable battle cry of “Family Values!” (loose translation: “the gays are coming!”) is taking a beating from within this week as Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., admitted to doing a rather dirty deed: Republican Sen. John Ensign of Nevada Tuesday admitted an extramarital affair with a woman who had worked for him. [...]