Newsmax.com reports: Illegal immigration costs Arizona $1.6 billion a year — a staggering 19 percent of the state’s budget — Gov. Jan Brewer said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, adding that the Obama administration is turning a blind eye … Continue reading
Category: Society & Culture
The Nihilistic Revolution of “Occupy Wall Street”
CNN online reports: “Occupy Wall Street protesters might say they represent 99% of the nation, but there’s a growing number of Americans who are making it clear they are not part of the dissident crowd. They call themselves the 53%…as … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street’s Values Will Destroy the Middle Class, Not Save It
“The great thing about Occupy Wall Street is that they have brought the focus of the entire country on the middle class majority,” said George Aldro, 62, a member of Local 2325 of the United Auto Workers, as he carried … Continue reading
Environmentalism and Psychology: A Marriage Made in Hell (Part 2 of 2)
Conclusion of yesterday’s column: In fact, it’s already being enacted through executive fiat in the EPA, exactly as Obama promised if Americans dared to vote out the Democratic Congress in 2010, as they did in huge numbers. Even if ‘cap … Continue reading
Environmentalism and Psychology: A Marriage Made in Hell (Part 1 of 2)
People who disagree with my political perspective sometimes tell me, ‘You shouldn’t comment on social or political matters. That’s not appropriate for a mental health professional.’ The people who say this are always liberals, and never non-liberals, i.e. never libertarians, … Continue reading
“The Truth is In Here”
For a brief second in time, objective truth emerged from Joe Biden’s lips the other day. He declared that the current faltering economy “belongs to us, not Bush.” Does this make Joe Biden a terrorist? After all, it’s the same … Continue reading
Lady Gaga: Please Shut Up and Sing
Music megastar Lady Gaga is — reportedly — going to do her next album for free. Not surprisingly, Lady Gaga is also a known Obama supporter. Just what we need. Another millionaire in favor of socialism. Many of Lady Gaga’s fans … Continue reading
Flies Do It (Part II)
Under the code of ethics that I propose (the honest and rational one) people will realize, before becoming parents, that they had better really be ready for the job, because there’s no village to rescue them if they change their … Continue reading
Flies Do It (Part I)
Why do so many parents act, speak and appear to think as if having a child is the ultimate accomplishment? Flies also reproduce. Primitive savages do it too. Cavemen did it. Having offspring is not a particularly human accomplishment. It’s … Continue reading
9/11: Ten Years Later, America is Killing Itself
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the attack on the United States known as 9/11. A decade later, America is not at war with an external enemy as much as it is with itself. We live in a mixed economy, … Continue reading
The Fallacy of “Capitalism Is Unfair”
‘Oil prices are rising. Health care is too expensive. It’s so unfair! I’m so angry! Obama had better do something about this—and now!’ First of all, we have to get straight what a ‘price’ actually is. There is no such … Continue reading
The Psychology of Forcing Others
What drives a person to be a Big Government statist? Many motives are possible. One of them is to quiet their internal noise. What’s “internal noise”? This refers to the self-talk a person wants to stop. For example, let’s say … Continue reading