It is simply a matter of time until Obama secures the Democratic nomination for President. With the Clinton attack machine working overtime, can Obama bounce back? Exit polls in NC suggest that he can, but also that the attacks have limited the bounce.

The Clinton camp may have all but secured the White House for McCain. If Clinton was smart and pulled out months ago, Obama would have started the national Obama v. McCain debate. The Democratic side of that debate will not start until June as McCain lies in wait.

With HRC cancelling her appearances tomorrow, Obama may lock up the nomination in less than 24 hours. The next question: Who will Obama tap for Veep?

Ny prediction: my own Governor Janet. She is a liberal governor from a Red state (Arizona), works well with Republicans, would provide the most diverse ticket ever, would lend experience points to the Obama package, provides a sharp and local contrast to McSame, and adds an illegal immigration piece to the puzzle.

Some truths:

You will likely not see a labor union endorsing John McCain. John McCain will likely not talk much about organized labor. That is too bad, because conservatives have a lot to say about organized labor and how it could represent labor effectively in our economic system.

Some thoughts:

1. Organized labor, the concept, is protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Employees should be free to associate with other employees of the same firm for the purpose of collective bargaining.

2. Monopolies should be avoided in our economic system. Thus, a labor union that seeks to represent all widget employees in negotiations with several employers who produce widgets should not be allowed to do so because of the monopoly control on the widget-producing labor force.

3. Labor unions should represent employees in matters with the employees' employer, not the industry-at-large. Additionally, labor unions should not venture into the world of politics, generally. Employer-employee policy is proper turf for labor unions. Their view would add to the debate and should be heard. Outside this realm, however, is foreign to the labor union's purpose and should be avoided. To venture fully into politics is to turn a labor union into a political party. Perhaps this would be the desire of some, but certainly not the purpose of the labor union.

Christian churches hold a significant leadership role in the NGO space in the U.S. and worldwide. To provide an incentive for giving to Christian churches, the federal and state tax code provides a tax deduction for contributions to churches as 501(c)(3) organizations. Can federal and state policymakers do more to provide Christians and those who admire the work of the church with an incentive to give more? Yes.

In the State of Arizona, the Legislature wisely provides a host of income tax credits for contributions to qualifying non-profit organizations. The tax credits are not for general contributions, but, rather, apply to contributions to non-profit organizations that educate children (preschool through high school) and assist the poor. These causes, which have been of interest to the church since Jesus' ministry, are worthy of favorable tax policy nationwide. To be sure, secular organizations will also benefit from nationwide adoption of this policy. To this, I say, "The more doing the work of God, the better."

I invite comments to this post with accounts of tax policy in other states that provides tax credits for contributions to non-profit organizations.

The evil of pornography in our society and the world at large must be addressed. In the U.S., the SCOTUS slime that has ruined our Constitution shackles the hands of the majority with respect to the prohibition of pornography, unless the pornography at issue is "obscene". Such a notion would be foreign to the Framers of our Constitution, but that constitutional battle has, as the cliche goes, left the station.

What is one to do, then, to defeat this monster known as pornography? In upcoming blog posts, I will examine how an internet and cable filtering contract term (whereby the cable and internet provider would agree to exclude pornographic content from cable and internet offerings) may be added to cable franchising agreements between local governments and cable and internet providers, and provide insight into whether such a term would be constitutional.

Those with interest in this subject are invited to e-mail me at dsantosesqaz@gmail.com.