Obama’s Rich-bashing & Economic Ignorance
With 15 million workers unemployed and another 11 million underemployed, President Obama recently decided that the answer was to hit the road and throw some anti-rich red meat to...
About: Ralph R. Reiland
Posts by Ralph R. Reiland
Back-to-school Advice
My first recommendation is very basic. Don’t cut class. As Woody Allen stated, “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.” And it’s best to show up on time....
Clingin’ in Pittsburgh
It took only a few seconds the other day to see how candidate Obama got the idea that we have a propensity in Pennsylvania to "cling to guns and...
Monkeying Around With the Economy
Remember those stories about Nero playing the fiddle while Rome burned? Actually, if he was really playing, it was probably a lyre, a small harp-like stringed instrument. Fiddles weren’t...
Robbin’ the “Rich,” Gettin’ Even, & Wreckin’ the Economy
Democrats in Congress, frightened by what voters are likely to do in November, have been given their marching orders by the Obama administration. ...
“Slippin’ and a-slidin’” in Our Litigious Society
I don’t write a self-help column, or about household hints, but here’s a warning about how I flew out the bathtub a few days ago. ...
Big Benefits, Hot Air, and Scarce Jobs
Pushing for more billions in deficit spending to extend jobless benefits to a record 99 weeks, or nearly two years, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently declared that more red...
“I Won’t Die for a $9 Pie!”
“As I tell my kids, dessert is not a right,” declared Michelle Obama recently, promoting her anti-obesity agenda while addressing the annual NAACP convention. I’d say the same thing...
Obamanomics: Out of Synch With Reality
With job creation in the private sector basically dead and a growing number of jobless workers ceasing to even look for work any longer, the number of people officially...
Obamanomics & Hillarynomics: Dumb & Dumber

With job creation in the U.S. basically at a standstill aside from some government hiring of temporary Census workers, even after a trillion-plus dollars in stimulus spending, Hillary Clinton’s...
Barack Obama’s Magic Show Is Disappearing
How quickly the magic and arrogance has turned into mismanagement and excuses. Cinching his party’s nomination on the night of June 3, 2008, a pumped up Barack Obama concluded...
Obama’s “Single-dime” Hot Air
Sea Isle, N.J. — We’re sitting here on our beach chairs looking for tar balls. So far, everything's pristine. The gulls are still white, not yet looking like crows....
God, Like John Lennon, Is Against Borders?
Cardinal Roger Mahony had a simple and supportive message for the tens of thousands of demonstrators in Los Angeles who were protesting against Arizona’s attempt to crackdown on illegal...
Obama Misrepresents Ariz. Immigration Law
Answering a student’s question at a recent town-hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College in Iowa, here’s how President Obama characterized the Arizona law that’s designed to crack down...
Politically Correct Stupidity
The award this week for the craziest utterance goes to New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. ...