Conclusion of yesterday’s column. The nanny state authorities create (and rely upon) the myth that some are invulnerable. Those who are ‘the rich,’ who have a seemingly unlimited amount of wealth, will pay for it all. All that’s necessary is … Continue reading
The following is an excerpt from Daren Jonescu’s article Infantilizing Leftist Morality, published at Americanthinker.com 7/19/12: Progressivism, in the Marxist and post-Marxist forms that have been swallowing the world for a century, is, in its methodology, nothing but the moral … Continue reading
Bill O’Reilly said it well—and honestly: ‘It’s not a traditional America anymore, and there are 50 percent of the voting public who want stuff. They want things. And who is going to give them things? President Obama.’ Twenty years ago, … Continue reading
A Wall Street Journal commentary on 8/27/12 states the following: Meanwhile, another ObamaCare godfather, the surgeon and influential New Yorker magazine writer Atul Gawande, has further instructions for the medical masses, this time from — believe it or not — … Continue reading
Some people actively strive for success and happiness in life. Others consciously give up, and resort to the bare minimum or even outright destruction. Most default somewhere in between. Their subconscious or conscious mental state is, “It would be nice … Continue reading
Here’s a question I never hear asked of Obama and his supporters — or Romney either, for that matter. “Do you think the $16 trillion dollar debt is a problem? And if so, what do you plan to do about … Continue reading
The latest, election-eve jobs report shows that unemployment is stuck at the same nearly 8 percent level. Forget the fact that according to honest economists, this percentage ignores the people who have given up on work. Forget the fact that … Continue reading
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin How true! But even Ben Franklin may not have foreseen a nation prepared to give up essential liberty in … Continue reading
People who favor Big Government love natural disasters, like hurricanes. To them, this is an excuse to say, “See? Big Government is your friend when there’s a natural disaster.” Not really. If we didn’t have a Big Government, there would … Continue reading
It’s said that ‘opposites attract’ and this is often true, in love and even friendship. People happily in love sometimes say, ‘He (or she) completes me.’ Is this really true? And is it healthy, if it is? The key is … Continue reading
Here are the basic premises of the Obama re-election campaign effort. If you accept all these — then everything else makes sense. Everything bad is Bush’s fault; everything that’s Bush’s fault is also Romney’s fault. Sarah Palin used to be … Continue reading
Everything good in human life comes from reason. By “reason” I mean rational, reality-based measures to attain survival and happiness in life. The primary arenas in which reason operates are science and business. By “science” I mean genuine science, based … Continue reading