I’ll be honest. I don’t place much hope in the new Congress. But here’s what I’m looking for and what makes me potentially hopeful for the future: The replacement of milquetoast Republicans with ones who actually stand for something different … Continue reading
Q: A lot of my friends and I are nearing retirement or seeking new horizons. When we talk about new careers or jobs, we all come to the same conclusion: “I’m not qualified for the jobs I’m interested in, and … Continue reading
Q: In your article, ‘Feeling Good is Not the Purpose of Life,’ you said that serenity is the preeminent goal of the human experience. Yet previously (in 2005) you had written the following: “Thanks to Ayn Rand, I came to … Continue reading
Economist Peter Schiff writes: “How has the [housing] market found the strength to stop its descent? No one is making the case that fundamentals have improved. Instead, there is widespread agreement that government intervention stopped the free fall. The home … Continue reading
Stanton Samenow writes in ‘The Myth of the ‘Out of Character’ Crime’: “No matter how grim the situation, no threat by an authority or anyone else can compel someone to change against his will. For meaningful and lasting change to … Continue reading
Happy New Year! 2011 is the first year of phased in “free” health care, thanks to ObamaCare. In this spirit, a recent Associated Press report is worth quoting: “You paid your Medicare taxes all those years and think you deserve … Continue reading
Fox News reported: “As New York City finishes cleaning up the mess of the recent debilitating blizzard, it also faces allegations that union workers entrusted with cleaning up the mess of snow decided to stage a slowdown as the blizzard … Continue reading
Q: What should a day be judged by? How would a good day and a bad day differ? Everyday is a new day and when we get to the end of it, as you have suggested in past columns, it’s … Continue reading
First Lady Michelle Obama is encouraging Americans to feed their children a diet with fewer sweets to help combat obesity. On her reality show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” Palin, while she put together the ingredients for s’mores, said, ‘This is in … Continue reading
The state insurance commissioner of Connecticut wrote the state Attorney General the following, in response to implementing the new ObamaCare law: “I find myself in an unprecedented place and time, as do my counterparts throughout the country in overseeing the … Continue reading
Merry Christmas to the FCC In case you haven’t heard, Obama’s FCC has passed new rules requiring private companies who provide Internet services to submit to control under the government. What will government’s rules be? Those are yet to be … Continue reading
John Stossel, one of the few TV reporters who asks objective and meaningful questions of people, recently asked a woman in favor of government regulation of the banking/mortgage industry to defend her views. He pointed out that government requirements or … Continue reading