Andrew Halcro's blog

June 30, 2010: The firing of General Stanley McChrystal for his candid comments about the progress on the war in Afghanistan proves how the country earned its title, "Graveyard of Empires."

June 28, 2010: It is not uncommon for a headline that accompanies a newspaper story to highlight the accusation rather then the facts or in this case the lack of facts that make up the body of the story.

June 28, 2010: Last week, Senate Democrats failed to get to sixty votes to break a Republican filibuster on a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits.

(CNN) -- Many voters may never have seen or heard of him, but Joe Miller is determined to make Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska the next victim of an angry, anti-incumbent movement. And helping him is the Tea Party Express.

June 23, 2010: As the Parnell administration looks to spend $2 million to hire a consultant to review proposals for changing state petroleum taxes to encourage a natural gas pipeline, I can't help but once again say how flawed this AGIA process has been to the detriment of Alaska's natural gas pipeline hopes.

June 22, 2010: It shouldn't be a surprise that a challenger with little name recognition and even fewer ideas on how to lead America forward would resort to the same tired race to the right in the GOP primary, but Joe Miller is carving new ground.