Opinion

Bank of America Freezing Gun Manufacturer’s Accounts

You might think that a professional outfit such as Bank of America operated based on stated policy and not caprice. But not according...

Selwyn Duke January 9, 2013

Fiscal Cliff Repercussions

Charles Scaliger January 9, 2013

Now that President Obama and most of his key congressional allies are safely re-elected and the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiated, the full consequences...

Dishonest Educators

Walter E. Williams January 9, 2013

Nearly two years ago, U.S. News & World Report came out with a story titled "Educators Implicated in Atlanta Cheating Scandal." There have...

Obama Supporters are Shocked, SHOCKED, I Tell You …

Selwyn Duke January 8, 2013

My mother always used to say “Life is the best teacher.” Sure is — and sometimes it smacks you right upside the head....

The Role of ‘Educators’

Thomas Sowell January 8, 2013

About a hundred years ago, Professor John Dewey of Columbia University saw the role of the teacher, not as a transmitter of a...

Learning Conservatism from Edmund Burke

Jack Kerwick, Ph.D. January 8, 2013

As the members of America’s “conservative” party struggle to get a hold of themselves following this past election, they should revisit — or...

“Slavery Is Freedom” and “Tax Hikes Are Tax Relief”

Ralph R. Reiland January 7, 2013

In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the overpowered subjects of the state are indoctrinated to believe the mantra “War Is Peace, Slavery Is...

American Suckers

Selwyn Duke January 7, 2013

Balkanization greatly imperils the United States. If we won’t be an American family and defend it, other families (nations) certainly won’t do so....

Six-year-old Suspended for Firing Assault Finger

Selwyn Duke January 6, 2013

If you want to know why we’re breeding some crazy youngsters nowadays, you only have to look at the adults surrounding them. A...

Congress Sticks It to Us Again: More Taxes, Government, Debt

Wallis W. Wood January 5, 2013

On New Year's Eve, weren’t you inspired to see how our elected representatives worked late into the night to keep this country from...

The Washington Con Game Goes On

Sheldon Richman January 5, 2013

Much of what government does seems unfathomable until you remember one thing: the politicians think the people are morons. Take the latest example: the...