To Fix the Economy, Let’s Try the Constitution
After two years of economic turmoil it seems that the message that governments are spending too much money is finally getting out. In fact, the crisis today is solely caused by...
Opinion
Bean-Counters and Baloney
The bean-counters have struck again — this time in the sports pages. Two New York Times sport writers have discovered that baseball coaches from minority groups are found more often coaching at...
Bringing Sanity to the Home Mortgage Market
Most people — except possibly the American political class — know that one of the prime causes of the current economic crisis was government policies that resulted in countless people taking...
Islamic Trojan Horse at Ground Zero
Islamic Global Jihad declared war against America on September 11, 2001, in an attack that killed nearly 3000 Americans in the Twin Towers in Manhattan, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and...
Another Wrong for Civil Rights
In propaganda disguised as a legal decision, California's Judge Vaughn Walker decreed last week that "moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different...
Unemployment Claims Jump to 484,000
The continuing implosion of the U.S. economy in the aftermath of unprecedented federal bailouts and unemployment programs has now brought forth a stunning loss of 484,000 jobs in a single week....
William Hogeland’s Declaration: A Review
A reader unfamiliar with the history of the complex admixture of conflict, compromises, condescension, and coercion that led to the “shot heard ‘round the world” would be forgiven if after reading...
Bringing America Home
Talk about self-evident patriotism! In Tom Pauken’s latest, Bringing America Home, here is a writer who’s heart and mind unabashedly rings out ‘God! Family! Country!’ from cover to cover. ...
Book Review: “Why We’re All Romans”
When it comes to the totality of our lives, Americans (and all Westerners) are culturally Hebrew, Greek, and Roman. We owe our intellectual inheritance to Athens, our religious attitude to Jerusalem,...
What Handouts to Cut
Because of failure to heed the limitations of the U.S. Constitution, which has produced runaway federal spending, our nation sits on the precipice of disaster. ...
The Fed Is Caught in Its Own Trap
The much-anticipated, long-awaited pronouncement from the Fed yesterday confirmed what nearly everyone else expected: Things are not going swimmingly, but they’re ready to help further if the patient continues to drown....
Wage Gap Widens Between Private and Public Sectors
According to a new study by the Cato Institute, the gap between the haves and the have-nots in the United States continues to widen. This isn’t much of a surprise; we’ve...
Cheering Immaturity
A graduating senior at Hunter College High School in New York gave a speech that brought a standing ovation from his teachers and got his picture in the New York Times. ...
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. ...
Behind Friday’s Jobs Report: The Real Numbers
Buried in Friday’s employment report from the Department of Labor Statistics were two key numbers that reflected the slowdown in the economy so long denied by the administration: “private sector employment...