We hear a lot about “cronyism” or “crony capitalism.” Many say Donald Trump was sent to Washington to end cronyism as we know it. But what IS cronyism? Without a definition, you’ll never know what you have (or have not) … Continue reading
A reader asks: “Trust your gut.” What the heck does that even mean? People seem to be saying this more and more. Does my gut have a brain? The way I think of this is your gut is an automated … Continue reading
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening heavy taxes as retribution for U.S. companies that move their business operations overseas and still try to sell their product to Americans. In a series of early-morning tweets Sunday, Trump vowed a 35 percent tax … Continue reading
Why the fixation on racism from the left? What does racism have to with your positions on taxation, trade policy, immigration policy, socialized medicine or just about anything else? A racist is someone who elevates race as the most important … Continue reading
“Trump Speaks With Taiwan’s President, Risking China Tensions,” reads a headline. So what? A free country does not need to please an authoritarian country. Not only does a freer country have the higher moral ground; it also has more prosperity … Continue reading
Carrier, the heating and air-conditioner company that announced Tuesday it had agreed to keep 1,000 jobs in the United States after talks with President-elect Donald Trump, elaborated Wednesday, saying it had been offered state “incentives” to stay. The company did … Continue reading
Psychological therapy does not change people. People either change themselves or, more often, they do not change. But when anything changes, it’s all the changed individual’s doing. Talk to any former drug addict, to dramatize the point. That former drug … Continue reading
Donald Trump said the following on Twitter: “Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Is he right? Not even close. Flags, … Continue reading
A Somali-born Ohio State University student plowed his car into a group of pedestrians on campus and then got out and began stabbing people with a butcher knife Monday before he was shot to death by a police officer. Police … Continue reading
While his people suffered, Fidel Castro lived in comfort — keeping everything, including his eight children, his many mistresses, even his wife, a secret,” former bodyguard Juan Reinaldo Sanchez wrote, per the New York Post, in the book, “The Double … Continue reading
A recount will soon be underway in swing states won by Donald Trump, states that Hillary Clinton supporters (including her competitor Jill Stein) feel that Hillary Clinton should have won. A lot of people ask what’s motivating this effort, an … Continue reading
Upon Fidel Castro’s death, Barack Obama offered “condolences” to Fidel Castro’s family and spoke sadly of the loss of a “singular figure.” Donald Trump described Castro’s death as the “passing of a brutal dictator who oppressed his own people for … Continue reading