The EPA and the Common Defense
Of all of the myriad agencies created and maintained by the Executive Branch, few have proven to be as detrimental to the United...
About: Robert Confer
Posts by Robert Confer
Department of Transportation Sets Sights on Farmers’ and States’ Rights
The federal government just can’t stay out of agriculture. From subsidy programs that decide winners and losers in the markets by favoring corporate...
Entitlements: A Declaration of Dependence
Last week saw the observance of the quintessential American holiday — our Independence Day. From coast to coast Americans celebrated with their usual...
Amtrak: The Great American Train Wreck
Amtrak trains make passes by my office a few times day as they travel to and from Niagara Falls and points north, including...
Osama bin Laden Won, Even in Death
Osama bin Laden is dead. It’s unknown, though, if he ever existed, at least in the narrative by which we “knew” him. Oh,...
Obama and Nobel Prize Remorse
When someone is sold a bad bill of goods he may suffer from “buyer’s remorse,” a feeling of regret maybe even disgust —...
Here Comes the Recession
I pride myself on my understanding of the economy. It’s based upon an objectivist approach, one facilitated by my being in the trenches...
The Moral Propaganda for U.S. Intervention in Libya
With no immediate end in sight to the sociopolitical conflict in Libya, numerous higher-ups of the Obama administration have hinted that the United...
Where Is the GM “Bonus” for Taxpayers?
The propaganda machine was out in full strength last week when General Motors generated a lot of excitement by announcing that each of...
The CLASS Act Is No Class Act
In the coming months, the Department of Health and Human Services will be ironing out the details of the CLASS Act and submitting...
The Next Step Toward the North American Union
One-worlders are successful in their efforts because of incrementalism. They work toward their ultimate goal of a global government by very slowly piecing...
Myth: Uncle Sam Is the Stork That Delivers Jobs
No doubt, some time during this Great Recession, inquisitive children have asked their parents, “Where do jobs come from?” It’s something akin to...
The Fluoride Debacle
In a move that screamed “too little too late,” the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier...
Government and Its Culture of Death
Since that dark day of January 8 when Jared Loughner unleashed his killing spree at a Tucson grocery store, the government — aided...
Loughner’s Attack: The Assassination of a Nation’s Character
Back in November of 2008, Rahm Emanuel, then President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff, told a group of corporate executives, “You never want...