“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. ...
About: Ralph R. Reiland
Posts by Ralph R. Reiland
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. ...
Obama: Stuck on Begrudge
Off the teleprompter for a few seconds while stumping for financial reform recently in Illinois, President Obama had this to say about money, incomes and success. “Now, what we’re...
Big Government vs. Small Business
As the owner of a small restaurant, it felt good the other morning to open the newspaper and read this sentence: “Be proud, small-business owners! You're now the most...
Taxes: Plucking the Fortunate Chickens
Here’s the news from the New York Times on the day before tax day: “Forty-seven percent. That’s the portion of American households that owe no income tax for 2009....
One Doctor’s Stand Against ObamaCare
Jack Cassell is too much for some people. He’s the Florida doctor who told his patients to go elsewhere for treatment if they voted for Obama. The message posted...
“Not One Single Dime”? So Claims Obama!
Obama’s big promise is that the vast majority of the U.S. population can get tons of free stuff from the government and it won’t cost them a single dime....
ObamaCare vs. Jobs
Now that ObamaCare has been enacted, we definitely won't be knocking any new archways through the wall at our Pittsburgh restaurant and expanding into the empty storefront next door....
Obama’s Health Reform Deceptions
What became quickly obvious while watching President Obama’s recent interview about healthcare reform with Bret Baier on FOX is that we’re still not getting straight answers about the proposed...
Obama: Perfect Formula for Self-destruction
It’s not difficult to understand the fall of Obama — the largest presidential drop in Gallup’s approval ratings in half a century. Just start with Obama’s overly-cocky notion that...
Losing Faith in the Feds
“The majority of Americans say the government poses an immediate threat to individual rights and freedoms,” stated CNN, summarizing the results of a recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll. ...