Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump — those awkward, sometimes reluctant allies — face the biggest test yet of their unusual relationship as the House barrels toward a dramatic vote this week on repealing and replacing Obamacare. The stakes … Continue reading
When the media portrayed his meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as unfriendly, President Trump called it more “fake news.” Another recent example of fake news? The media’s claim that Donald Trump’s budget proposal eliminates Meals on Wheels. The story … Continue reading
I am sick of people acting like all charity comes from the government. Most does not. And even money spent by the government originates in private hands. Without productive people in the private sector, and without the despised for-profit system … Continue reading
According to parenting expert and author John Rosemond, the problem with American parenting today “is the 1960s.” He offered a simple solution: “America needs a ‘Make American Parenting Great Again!’ movement.” Writing in his syndicated column at Omaha.com, Rosemond said … Continue reading
A recent report claims that people in European countries such as Norway, France, the UK and Germany are experiencing significant stress and symptoms of mental disorder due to “climate change.” I find it interesting. The governments of these countries have … Continue reading
“Tillerson Shuns All but Conservative Website on Asia Tour,” shrieks The New York Times in a recent headline about President Trump’s Secretary of State. Increasingly, a lot of people complain that President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment when he … Continue reading
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. — Albert Einstein
With a huge spring snowstorm hitting the Northeast U.S., a reader asked me to write about “weather anxiety.” When we talk about “weather anxiety”, it’s not really the weather we’re anxious about. It’s our thoughts about the weather causing the … Continue reading
“It would be really helpful if every single one of these politicians would do like the NASCAR drivers do — and it’s been said before — but let them wear their sponsors plastered all over their three-piece suits when they … Continue reading
No legacy is so rich as honesty. — William Shakespeare
Some troubling statistics on the mental health of millennials: A 2016 UK survey found that, since 1990, rates of depression and anxiety among the young have increased by 70%, while the American Counseling Association has reported a “rising tide of … Continue reading
Nobody questions the pre-existing conditions exclusion in Obamacare I or Obamacare II. “You have to keep insurance companies from excluding people based on preexisting conditions.” Nobody could disagree, right? Senator Rand Paul nailed it in an interview I heard this … Continue reading