The media and academic establishment of our society seems to be telling us: “America is becoming a minority white nation. People of color are soon to be the majority. Therefore, Obama’s policies will become the mainstream.” I don’t know and … Continue reading
“Nothing reveals Mr. Obama’s visceral hostility to business more than the constant urging of our best and brightest to desert the productive private sector (‘greed’) and go in to public service like politics or community organizing (i.e., organizing people to … Continue reading
Q: I feel paralyzed by the thought of making a decision and being wrong, or coming to a conclusion and being wrong. What’s up with me? A: You fear error because an error, to you, means damnation of you forever. … Continue reading
Politicians claim we need to use billions of tax dollars to bail out the auto industry. They say this will help the general economy. How, exactly? The tax money being used to bail out the auto industry comes from the … Continue reading
I heard a statement recently that went like this: “Don’t tell me steps 1 through 10 … Just tell me step 10.” Now THERE’S an example of the anti-conceptual, anti-thinking mentality at work. The person who said this assumes that … Continue reading
Do you know someone who cannot tolerate dissension or disagreement? It can be in the context of political or philosophical views, more day-to-day concerns — or both. The inability to tolerate dissension is a confession that one’s viewpoint was formed … Continue reading
We live in the age of “there awwta be a law.” Too many people earning too little money? “There awwta be a law to raise the minimum wage.” Businesses hire fewer people because they can’t afford to pay the higher … Continue reading
Now that he has won the election, it has occurred to Barack Obama that most of what he has said over the past year or so was uttered for one reason and one reason only: To get elected. As a … Continue reading
Bigger news than the election results is what’s coming next: Specifically, the so-called Fairness Doctrine. On Election Day, a Fox News host interviewed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York. Schumer made it plainly clear that the strengthened Democratic congressional majority … Continue reading
This election was a lot like 1976. In 1976, an obscure, little known candidate with no substantive experience became President. He was elected in the context of an unthinking desire for change. People were sick of Watergate and wanted to totally get … Continue reading
“We got high on the grandeur of our vision. Getting aggressive in the political world was a high all its own. Our noble goals expanded our egos. We were no longer insignificant; we were the new liberal elites creating the … Continue reading
On raising taxes: “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, … Continue reading