Tuesday, November 19th, 2013
Whenever a new and wonderful social program is enacted, its architects see themselves as do-good fairy godmothers, granting wishes to an adoring crowd. But it can take many months, years, or even decades before the actual results of a program are known. By then the original goal may be forgotten, and all that is left
Friday, November 1st, 2013
According to George Carlin: “When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts. Smiley-smiley. Fascism—Germany lost the Second...
Friday, October 25th, 2013
When the Reverend Jim Jones told his followers they were all going to drink Kool-Aid and go to a happier place, they all lined up and drank it. The Reverend Jones was their God. Like many leaders...
Monday, October 14th, 2013
It was two weeks ago today that Obamacare was rolled out to the public. Perhaps this would be a good time to check in and see how it is going. From the few reports surfacing, the answer...
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
In all the finger-pointing over the so-called government shutdown, whoever ‘points loudest,’ wins. What do they win? The minds of the public, in deciding who to blame. President Obama’s strategy seems to be to maximize people’s pain—and...
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Imagine that you could pay for anything with an IOU that you scribble on a piece of paper. Wouldn’t that be great? New car? IOU. New house? IOU. All the tea in China? IOU. All the oil...
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
It’s a shame that smacking people upside the head is socially unacceptable, since suitable occasions so often present themselves. Yesterday was one such occasion, when I overheard a conversation that went like this: “Did you hear that...
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
In my work, I sometimes rub elbows with the rich and powerful. Not long ago, I was doing some work for a multinational corporation based in Mexico and discovered something that perplexed me. The founder of this...
Monday, September 16th, 2013
A petition on the White House “We the People” website is urging U.S. President Obama to hand over his Nobel Peace Prize to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin. It reads: “Whereas Mr. Obama made a sincere commitment to...
Monday, September 9th, 2013
Did you ever stop to wonder why is there a “Middle East” in the first place? Just about as long as any of us can remember there have been problems there. But why are the lines drawn...
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...
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...
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....
