FTC Probes Google in Fishing Expedition
Google announced on its blog on June 24th that the Federal Trade Commission had launched “a review of our business. We respect the...
Opinion
Computer Costs Going Down but Government Costs Keep Going Up — Why?
It’s a question I’ve been asking many people. And they have no real answer. But the reason why the cost of computers keeps...
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Rand Paul Works to Protect State Gold Money From Taxation
Constitutionally minded members of Congress Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, and Representative Mike Lee of Utah have...
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Flights of Fancy: Apologists for the TSA
Believe it or not, sexual assault has its defenders — and they’re not just behind bars for rape or pedophilia.Nor do they exclusively...
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TSA Debacle: Man Flies Across U.S. With Stolen, Invalid Boarding Passes
June wasn’t a good month for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). While Lena Reppert, the 95-year-old wheelchair-bound U.S.-born woman with terminal cancer, was...
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Time (Magazine) Flies off Course on Constitution
Asked about newspaper publishers who opposed his presidential candidacy in 1952, Adlai Stevenson was prepared with a characteristically witty rejoinder: "Their job is...
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon Review
In the third installment of the Transformers series, Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) focuses on the Autobots’ mission to search for...
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The Meaning of Educational Freedom
Is America still a free country? Many of us like to think so. Yes, we can get into a car and drive wherever...
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The Glory of the Alphabet
Most people take the alphabet for granted. It has been a part of our culture and civilization for so long that most of...
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July 4th: Not Just a Holiday for Fireworks
The Fourth of July may be just a holiday for fireworks to some people. But it was a momentous day for the history...
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Why You Should Teach Your Child History at Home
The other day I was having dinner at a friend's house and was chatting with his 12-year-old daughter who attends a local public...
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The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: Would You Be So Brave?
On July 4, 1776, after months of heated debate, representatives of the Continental Congress voted unanimously that “these United Colonies are and of...
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“The People” and our Freedom
Central to the politics of states with democratically-constituted governments is the notion that all sovereignty resides in “the People.” In no place and at...
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The King’s Speech
By now I assume that most of my readers have already seen the Oscar-winning movie of 2011, The King’s Speech, the dramatic story...
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Dr. Seuss and Dyslexia
For years I have been telling parents and educators that the kind of reading difficulties afflicting perfectly normal children in our schools today...
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