Is Health Care a Right?
Most politicians, and probably most Americans, see health care as a right. Thus, whether a person has the means to pay for medical services or not, he is nonetheless...
About: Denise Behreandt
Posts by Denise Behreandt
Can Black Americans Afford Obama?
My March 2008 column "Is Obama Ready for America?" started out: "Some pundits ask whether America is ready for Obama. The much more important question is whether Obama is...
What Is To Be Done?
In response to the question, “What is to be done?” Or more to the point, ‘What is to be done to save the Republic from the grasp of the...
The Right To Discriminate
Rand Paul of Kentucky, U.S. Senate hopeful, is caught up in a swirl of controversy in response to his comments on MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show." He has been dishonestly...
Term Limits and the Citizen Legislature Scam
In April of 1996, the traditionally liberal Democratic Party did something it is, in theory, never supposed to do. It out-conservatived the Republican Party, stood up for the U.S....
Free Markets: Pro-Rich or Pro-Poor
Listening to America's liberals, who now prefer to call themselves progressives, one would think that free markets benefit the rich and harm the poor, but little can be further...
Black Americans and Liberty
Having recently reached 74 years of age, if one were to ask me what's my greatest disappointment in life, a top contender would surely be the level of misunderstanding,...
Who Are The Real Rebels?
Aldolf Hitler taught: “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it” Maybe you’ve heard this big one repeated a few...
Salt Tyrants
Here's how my June 14, 2006 column started: "Down through the years, I've attempted to warn my fellow Americans about the tyrannical precedent and template for further tyranny set...
Arizona ‘Birther’ Bill Moves Forward: Eligibility Issue Refuses to Go Away
The Arizona House of Representatives moved forward a provision on Monday (April 19) that would require presidential candidates to produce documents proving their eligibility to serve if...
Taxes and Voting
According to the Tax Policy Center, a Washington, D.C., research organization, nearly half of U.S. households will pay no federal income taxes for 2009. That's up from the Tax...
American Pride, Gratitude, and Work
I’ve always been proud to be an American, proud about her independent spirit, her inspired — even Providential — founding, her many heroes during those difficult early...
Parting Company
Here's the question asked in my September 2000 column titled "It's Time To Part Company": "If one group of people prefers government control and management of people's lives and...
Conflict or Cooperation
Different Americans have different and often intense preferences for all kinds of goods and services. Some of us have strong preferences for beer and distaste for wine while others...
Constitutional Awakening
If there is anything good to say about Democrat control of the White House, Senate and House of Representatives, it's that their extraordinarily brazen, heavy-handed acts have aroused a...