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January 27, 2009
The solution to the current economic downturn as put forth by the majority in Congress and touted by most of the news media is for the federal government to enact a massive “stimulus package.”
This stimulus package will be weighted towards federal…
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November 11, 2011
Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the area…
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October 27, 2010
This election is about more than who controls the Senate and House of Representatives. It is an election that gives us the chance to examine the “ideal of freedom.” The late Nobel Laureate, Friedrich Hayek, wrote about in his 1960 book, The…
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October 14, 2010
Despite the current pressure of economic hardships that all citizens are feeling, the government decided to take another shot at consumers Wednesday.
USA Today Reports “the government said Wednesday that gasoline now may contain up to 15% ethanol…
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October 7, 2010
It’s a tough choice between Pepsi and Gatorade. I don’t know how to choose. Let’s have the government decide!
On ABC’s “The View,” Oct. 7, a segment addressed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal to ban the use of food stamps to…
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September 28, 2010
The mainstream media is always hungry for a story about how the duplicity and greed of big bad corporations harms innocent consumers. Throw children into the mix and just try to stop a network anchor from breathlessly relaying the whole, sordid…
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September 28, 2010
It’s not quite “earth shaking,” but we can be sure it caused a tremor at the National Education Association office in downtown D.C.
On Sept.27, President Obama admitted on NBC’s “Today” show that Washington, D.C.’s “struggling” public schools…