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
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
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
The U.S. Senate is considering ending, or at least reducing the strength of, the filibuster. The filibuster allows the minority in the Senate to prevent the majority from passing a bad bill, through delay or other tactics. Who wants to … Continue reading
Many people argue that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (known as TARP) is an example of government intervention in the economy being necessary. If government hadn’t intervened, the argument goes, the economy wouldn’t have stabilized and our severe recession would … Continue reading
And so it begins. Michael Copps, of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has suggested a “public value test” to determine who should, and should not, hold licenses for television and radio. Read this as: Shut down Fox News. But there’s … Continue reading
I’m against the idea of fighting “waste, fraud and abuse” in the federal government. Why? Because doing so empowers the lie that most of what the government does to its citizens is legitimate and reasonable. “Of course government should be … Continue reading
I keep hearing people who oppose “tax cuts for the rich” complaining that we’re “giving” money to these rich people. This is a dishonest distortion of epic proportions. It’s the distortion that makes our whole wretched welfare-regulatory state possible. The … Continue reading
According to leaked documents, Saudi King Abdullah frequently urged the United States to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities, to “cut off the head of the snake.” Reportedly, the King warned that Iran’s program could trigger a nuclear arms race in the … Continue reading
President Obama will use the vaguely defined powers of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to suspend or cancel the license of Fox News to broadcast. There will be a flat tax. The tax will be on income above $199,999.00 per … Continue reading
The experts scratch their heads and wonder, “Why would the dictator of North Korea want a war?” My question is: Why wouldn’t he? From a dictator’s point-of-view, the overriding goal is always: Power. That is, power for its own sake. … Continue reading
It’s amazing how liberals try to use guilt against non-liberals when it comes to reducing the size of government. The classic ploy, and one they’re using now, is use of the term: “Obstruct.” It’s wrong, they claim, for anybody to … Continue reading