Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
So the Nobel Peace Prize winning President wants to go to war… again. For what? I know there is a segment of the population who revels in the glory of projecting American military might abroad. Like some sort of roving soccer hooligans looking to put the smackdown on “the other team” whoever they might be.
Saturday, August 24th, 2013
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered by many to be the greatest American President of the 20th century. His four terms as chief executive changed the course of government as we know it, and the direction of world...
Friday, August 23rd, 2013
“As a first step, I would see to it that things are called by their right names.” That was what Confucius said would be his first act if he were to govern a just society. He further...
Saturday, August 17th, 2013
Who Will Be the Next Fed Honcho? Bernanke is on the way out, and the hunt for a replacement to lead America’s central bank is on. It’s a pretty short list. Anyone smart enough to see the...
Friday, August 16th, 2013
When George Ayittey saw rock star Bono in the audience at a conference, he made a special effort to rip into the foreign aid establishment. Bono later told Ayittey that he liked his speech but did not...
Sunday, August 11th, 2013
1,810 people renounced their US citizenship in the first half of 2013. That’s SIX times as many people who renounced their citizenship in the same time period the previous year. The trend is unmistakable. More and more...
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
I’m going to burn my house down. Then I’m going to push my car off a cliff. And then for a finale, I’m going to throw my television into the ocean. Besides being a tremendous amount of...
Friday, August 2nd, 2013
MSNBC host Ari Melber, recently blamed the death of Detroit on the “Free Market.” One can only assume that Mr. Melber was simply reading the teleprompter and did not have the slightest idea what he was saying....
Wednesday, July 31st, 2013
The scandal that just wouldn’t wash off has come back. This week’s National Enquirer is reporting that it has possession of a “sex tape” made by Monica Lewinsky for then President Bill Clinton. Lewinsky, then a Whitehouse...
Saturday, July 27th, 2013
How can legal plunder be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits...
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Why can’t healthcare be inexpensive, high quality, and readily available? That is what everyone wants right? So why not? In my travels, I’ve discovered a few answers. One day I was walking around Bangkok, Thailand, when suddenly,...
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Evansdale playground had a brand new slide that went round and round like a corkscrew. It was so cool. I was standing at the top, and I could hardly wait for my turn I was so excited....
Sunday, July 21st, 2013
One of Barack Obama’s campaign promises was “an unprecedented level of openness in government.” A citizenship who had grown weary of perceived dirty dealing and a penchant for playing fast and loose with the facts under the...
Saturday, July 20th, 2013
Man can live and satisfy his wants in one of two ways: either by his own labor, or by plundering the labor of others. Labor is the creation of wealth – it creates something which was not...
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Why do people lie? I never thought about it much, but this past week I was put to the test. I forced myself to bite my tongue and not speak what I believed to be true. There...