America glories in its tradition of the self-made individual. Political candidates compete to be a friend to entrepreneurs, and policymakers, imagining the next Microsoft or Google, design laws to back the innovator in the garage.

Presidential primary debates are an important part of our political process. But the media has wrested complete control from the parties and candidates over everything, including the number, the format, the qualifications, and the moderators. And they've become a circus.

I got it (the putter) out of my garage and it was just like an old friend,

The Hippocratic Oath says do no harm. It's the Hypocritical Oath that says do no harm to one's political future.

For most of my life, I've considered myself a political centrist.

The Newtown massacre created a tipping point on the gun debate in America.