About: Dennis Behreandt
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Scientists Find Abnormally Large Star
A scientist working at the University of Sheffield in the UK has discovered the largest star ever found. ...
Making Americans Sick
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius promised, "The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating...
Obama and the Race Card Fraud
Credit card fraud is a serious problem. But race card fraud is an even bigger problem. ...
Gangs Still Active in US Military
Despite efforts to stop them, criminal street gangs have been active inside the U.S. military. And, according to one recent report, the situation has gotten much worse. ...
Nil Desperandum
Human nature being what it is, patriotic fervor tends to come and go. ...
New BP Cap Stops Oil Gusher in the Gulf
Oil has stopped flowing into the Gulf in the wake of BP's installation of a new cap on its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico. ...
A Failed Obama Hero
Let's think about President Obama's failed economic stimulus program. Before getting to the nitty-gritty of why stimulus packages fail, let's look at the failed stimulus program of Obama's hero,...
Facing Fiscal Meltdown, Municipalities Struggle With Pensions
Years of big spending by politicians at all levels have left the nation vulnerable to economic turmoil. While at the federal level this is masked to a degree by...
Santa and Frank
People who remember the old comic strip "Peanuts" will recall an often repeated situation where Lucy offers to hold a football for Charlie Brown to kick. Then, as Charlie...
The Founders’ Vision Versus Ours
The celebration of our founders' 1776 revolt against King George III and the English Parliament is over. Let's reflect how the founders might judge today's Americans and how today's...
What Goes Around Comes Around
There’s a maxim everyone’s heard, personally mouthed, and undoubtedly believes: “What goes around comes around.” Or, “the boomerang effect. Remarkably, however, although we’ve all heard, mouthed, and believed...
The McDonald Decision and the Second Amendment
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago. The court found, in a 5-4 vote, that local and state authorities could...
Where Best To Be Poor
Imagine you are an unborn spirit whom God has condemned to a life of poverty but has permitted to choose the nation in which to live. I'm betting that...
Gun Control Laws
Now that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided that the Second Amendment to the Constitution means that individual Americans have a right to bear arms, what...
Government Aggravated Tragedy
When Thomas Paine said, "(G)overnment, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one." He added that when it's self-inflicted, "(O)ur...