Reflections on Not-so-great Presidents
I don't know who coined the phrase "race to the bottom" to describe how the U.S economy is beginning to resemble that of...
Opinion
“The Illusionist”: a Poignant, Well-Told Gem
If you prefer the charm of hand-drawn animation to the computer-generated sort, you’ll love The Illusionist. The primary character, an aging and outdated...
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The Great American Math Disaster
One of the reasons why so many Americans are confused about the large numbers being tossed around by our leaders in Washington these...
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Federal Deficits Unsustainable: Do the Math
"So be it." Those three words, uttered by House Speaker John Boehner last week about the prospect of federal work force layoffs, generated...
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Presidents’ Day Trivia
You wouldn’t think Disney World would be a good source for presidential trivia. But during a recent visit, I came across a piece...
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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...
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Lessons From Lenin
Few people can tell you how Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin was able to impose a brutal communist dictatorship over the Russian people. His...
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On Nullification, Just Follow Liberals’ Lead
It isn’t often that conservatives can learn something from liberals, but I think the current debate over nullification is an exception. ...
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On Being an Optimist
An optimist is someone who sees the glass half full, not half empty. An optimist is someone who sees the brighter side of...
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Interest On Debt To Quadruple Within 10 Years
Anyone who reads a newspaper knows the United States is financially doomed. Even reportage from the usual left-wing sources confirm as much to...
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Boston Students Want More Sex Ed
Sex ed has been in Boston public schools for as long as we can remember. But apparently, a group of students are not...
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A Review of Lanier’s “You Are Not a Gadget”
In an age that glorifies specialization, and often threatens to narrow the interests and achievements of individuals to subfields sterilely reduced to less...
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Egypt’s Self-Inflicted Poverty
Why is it that Egyptians do well in the U.S. but not Egypt? We could make that same observation and pose that same...
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Obama Budget Sleight of Hand
Of all the explanations, statistics, projections, and conjecture about the Obama administration’s new budget, nothing has had the impact of this simple graph...
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Pretending to Save Us from the TSA
Look out, or the politicians hustling to rescue us from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and its sexual assaults at the airport may...
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