One has to understand the editors at the Charlotte Observer: They use their bully pulpit to advocate whatever they dreamed of the night before. Being dreams, there is no requirement of rational, consistent thought; only whatever makes them feel good at the moment. Two recent pieces remind us of this truth. On Friday, May13th, one […]
The unfortunate case of Mr. Bob Barber, whose life was ended by the actions of Mr. Chauncey Sterling, has brought to the top of the froth the usual apologizers and social guilt mongers. As always their question is: How did we fail Mr. Sterling? What should we do different in the future? What can we […]
A friend told me an acquaintance of hers (Alan the liberal) could list many reasons why he will vote for Obama again. On the other side reasons come up weekly, if not daily, about why those who love freedom should fear the radical, totalitarian, activist who has become president of the United States. So as […]
Progressives accuse Tea Party activists of being radical right. Tea Partiers accuse Progressives of being destructive of our society and economy. It occurs to me there is not so much difference between the two and they ought to join forces. It seems the Tea Parties came into existence because of the overreaching of government during […]
With the populist uprisings in the Middle East and Africa, it is worthwhile to read Francis Fukuyama’s reflections on political revolts in the Mid-East, where he asks: “Is China Next?” While concluding China is not immediately susceptible to revolt, he highlights actions that make so-called rebels unhappy with their current regimes: “The authorities routinely fail to […]
You read it here first. It will not be long before your local store shelves do not have everything on them you have come to expect. Due to a variety of issues there will not be enough trucks on the road to deliver all the products and food that the growing economy demands. A major […]
One of the things you won’t find in the liberal large-market newspapers, are articles informing the public about professorial salaries in the university system. Our own uptown paper may complain about tuition hikes, telling the reader the state constitution says higher education should be free, but it doesn’t delve into the reasons for the high […]
One of the ways to rationalize government employment is to write regulations. It is a simple process: for every new regulation more policing agents must be hired to ensure the regulations are abided by. Those who receive payment for such employment include those who produce and process the paperwork, as well as those who actually […]
Wisconsin looks like Greece. The recipients of government largess, upon threat of losing it, take to the streets in protest. Their employers, the various schools systems, do not tell them to take off, their union bosses do, and so they lay out of work to protest. As the failure of major public pension funds looms […]
Commissioners Chairman Jennifer Roberts continues to get her name in the news for the wrong reasons. It seems her relationship with County Manager Harry Jones is unholy and behind closed doors the two of them stir the pot backwards. These various episodes have only been a prelude to her next abuse of the taxpayers of […]
