Super Committee Failure — or Success?
Many people are lamenting the failure of the Congressional "Super Committee" to come up with an agreement on ways to reduce the runaway...
Opinion
Politics Is Money — Other People’s, And Lots of It
We frequently hear from the particularly naïve that they want to take the money out of politics. That claim recently resounded from the...
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How Canada Cut Spending and Got a “Payoff Decade”
From Reuter’s interview with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in August came a much fuller understanding of the forces that moved the...
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Should the Rich Be Condemned?
Thomas Edison invented the incandescent bulb, the phonograph, the DC motor and other items in everyday use and became wealthy by doing so....
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An Honest Look at Michele Bachmann
Second only to Ron Paul, Michele Bachmann is the most consistent of the GOP presidential candidates when it comes to the subject of...
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Do States Have a Right to Do Wrong?
During the Thanksgiving Family Forum (TFF) this past Saturday, moderator Frank Luntz asked the Republican candidates a very interesting Tenth Amendment question: “Do...
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Alice in Liberal Land
Alice in Wonderland was written by a professor who also wrote a book on symbolic logic. So it is not surprising that Alice...
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Why Edward de Vere Could Not Have Written Shakespeare’s Works
Roland Emmerich’s new film, Anonymous, tries very hard to persuade us that Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, was the actual...
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An Honest Look at Herman Cain
GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain styles himself a Washington “outsider,” an “anti-politician,” and a businessman who is just what America needs at this...
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80 is the New 65, Two Surveys Show
On Wednesday Wells Fargo released the results of its survey of 1,500 individuals between ages 25 and 75, titling it “80 is the...
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Latest “Twilight” Saga Will Please Only Avid Fans
Breaking Dawn, part one of the final installment of the Twilight movie saga, brought in $139.5 million in its major North American box...
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Penn State’s Sex-abuse Scandal: The banality of detachment
Why did it take 17 years? Here’s the timeline in the Jerry Sandusky case: ...
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Economic Outlook: The Good, the Bad, and the Unknowable
Expressions of joy were muted on Wall Street at Friday's release of the latest report from the Conference Board (CB) showing its Leading...
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Options After the Supercommittee Failure
Barring a miracle, the Supercommittee will announce Monday morning its failure at coming up with legislation to reduce the projected combined federal budget...
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Anonymous: Emmerich’s Grotesque Elizabethan Romp
Roland Emmerich’s long-awaited big-screen production of a movie based on the Shakespeare authorship controversy has turned out to be a great disappointment. While...
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