A Crossroads Election
Most elections are about particular policies, particular scandals or particular personalities. But these issues don't mean as much this year — not because...
Opinion
NPR and Juan Williams
In a way, the history of National Public Radio, now known simply as NPR, follows the slow, incremental creep of America toward socialism....
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Tomorrow, a Time for Patriotism
Here’s a thought regarding tomorrow’s voting, from Samuel Adams (1722-1803), a leader in the movements that became the Boston Tea Party and the...
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The Saints of Now and Then
For those who follow politics, in the hope that our politics leads somewhere, today is Election eve, the day before we get to...
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A Review of “Antiquity as the Source of Modernity”
For those readers with an interest in the intellectual roots of modern conservative thought, one may well describe Thomas Chaimowicz’s Antiquity as the...
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Wait Until We Throw These Rascals Out
I read a very depressing statistic recently. In a nationwide poll, some 63 percent of adult Americans said they do not think they...
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Stimulus Dollars Leave America
Government never “stimulates” economic growth. Left quite alone, people engage in rational commerce guided only by enlightened self-interest. More crucially, government cannot predict...
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Social Issues Ignored at Freedom’s Peril
Candidates in televised debates usually find it hard to stay within the narrow time limits allowed for answers to questions from a moderator...
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Is Democracy the Voice of God?
Back in August 2010, Judge Vaughn Walker engaged in the increasingly-played tyrannical game: “Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool!”...
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Our Contemptible Congress
Most people whom we elect to Congress are either ignorant of, have contempt for or are just plain stupid about the United States...
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Body Scanners: Irradiating JFK
In its zeal to peel every last shred of dignity from passengers, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) foisted its strip-search scanners on New...
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Blaming Religion for Homosexual Suicide
Can a waning phenomenon have a waxing effect? If a survey conducted on the relationship between religious messages and homosexual suicide is to...
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Brass Oldies
Classic songs from years past are sometimes referred to as "golden oldies." There are political fallacies that have been around for a long...
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EPA Proposes More Regulations
In yet another economically destructive ploy to “go green,” the Environmental Protection Agency has recommended an unprecedented barrage of harsh federal regulations on...
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Tolerance “Will Bury You”
Often the most enjoyable humor is the unintended kind, as in the oft-quoted Yogi Berra line about an overly popular restaurant: "Nobody goes...
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