Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
In his State of the Union address, President Obama said he was going to “give America a raise.” Gee, what a nice guy. He explained that he was going to issue an executive order that federal contractors pay their employees at least $10.10 an hour, saying, “because if you cook our troops’ meals or wash
Thursday, January 2nd, 2014
Why won’t those dummies on the other side smarten up and compromise by doing what we know is best? That is the state of politics in the US of A, and has been for some time now....
Wednesday, January 1st, 2014
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has some interesting ideas about crime and punishment. He thinks that prisoners ought to be punished He doesn’t think taxpayers should pay any more than absolutely necessary Based on these “radical” viewpoints, Sheriff Joe...
Tuesday, December 31st, 2013
Whenever we stand on the threshold of a new year, we are tempted to forget the hazards of prophecy and try to see what may lie on the other side of this arbitrary division of time. Sometimes...
Saturday, December 28th, 2013
“What you’re seeing is how a civilization commits suicide,” says Camille Paglia. According to the self-described “Amazon feminist:” Americans undervalue manual labor, schools neuter male students, opinion makers deny the biological differences between men and women, the...
Tuesday, December 24th, 2013
Charles Dickens wrote “A Christmas Carol” in the hope of earning enough money to pay off a debt. Dickens was obsessed with debt. His father had been imprisoned for debt, and Dickens was taken out of school...
Monday, December 23rd, 2013
Like many children, my parents told me that Santa Claus would bring me presents if I were a good little boy. According to the cartoons on TV, Santa Claus lived at the North Pole where he and...
Saturday, December 21st, 2013
In the past decade or so I’ve noticed more and more people referring to their discretionary consumer purchases as “investments.” “I decided to invest in a new couch.” “My newest investment is an xbox one.” “I thought...
Friday, December 20th, 2013
Up until a few days ago, I had no idea there was a Duck Dynasty on TV, or anywhere else. Then some guy with a scraggly beard started showing up in the news in the fiasco of...
Monday, December 2nd, 2013
It’s good to know that some American’s can still get quick medical treatment—even if they don’t want it. When David Eckert was pulled over by police for failing to come to a complete halt at a stop...
Saturday, November 30th, 2013
There were 1455 weather records set last week in the U.S.A. the vast majority of them on the cold side. They include: 205 record snowfalls 203 low temperatures 969 low maximum temperatures These includes snow in Dallas,...
Thursday, November 28th, 2013
Back in the early 90s, I felt a need to understand politics far better than I had, and I spent a lot of time and effort on it. Along the way – and partly by accident –...
Sunday, November 24th, 2013
It is almost six o’clock when the two Japanese girls come into the Phuket Yacht Club’s Quarterdeck Restaurant. Thamanoon is standing by a potted palm, his hands elegantly folded around a menu, staring out at the boats...
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
Just before President Kennedy set out for a visit to Ireland, the Library of Congress traced his genealogical roots to the Emerald Isle. The Kennedys of America came from the O’ Cinneide clan, whose most celebrated member,...
Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Gumball Immigration
Using thousands of gum balls, Roy Beck drives home a simple idea, that if we are to help the poor of the world, we need to help them where they are.