Remember SOPA – the Internet censorship legislation that went by the misleading moniker Stop Online Piracy Act, which was rightfully sidelined by a backlash of public protest? You didn’t really think it would be that easy, did you? Indeed, never let it be said Congress is willing to let a bad and wholly misguided idea […]
And apparently I have a raging case of the Midland flats, according to this nifty little quiz on regional accents somebody sent our way that tagged me pretty spot on: born and raised in northeastern Ohio (Youngstown, specifically, dubbed Mob Town USA back in the day, which meant I hung around folks with names like Vincencio […]
Senate Republicans shot down the so-called Buffett Rule taxing scheme last night with a largely party-line vote, but whether they won any long-term electoral points with the short-term victory to block debate on a measure that would have triggered a minimum effective tax rate of 30 percent for anybody earning $1 million or more a […]
Food for thought after watching your hard-earned dollars fly out the door. This from the Taxpayer’s Protection Alliance: This Tax Day, the federal government expects to rake in $945 billion in individual income tax payments from U.S. taxpayers. According to the Tax Foundation, the average American worked 32 days last year just to pay their […]
A Supreme Court justice should present an image of intelligence, competence, and wisdom. Such qualities identify sound judgment and inspire public trust. But two of SCOTUS’s “progressive” purists have sullied that image. In fact, we might wonder if a grasp on reality remains requisite for a seat on the high bench. During ObamaCare arguments Justice […]
And that headline, unfortunately, should be taken quite literally. The Obama administration’s Department of Agriculture is shoveling out $5 million to build a “biogas anaerobic digester,” which is a fancy way of saying something that uses cow manure to help heat an ethanol plant. Pure BS, in other words; this from the Washington Examiner: Western […]
Corporate welfare isn’t just for banana republics the likes of which councilmembers routinely establish in the Queen City, doling out your hard-earned money to multi-million dollar corporations and making a mockery of any notion of a competitively level free market. The give-aways are endemic and, dare I say, widespread enough to envelope the considerable girth […]
In a classy and emotional speech, delivered with the historic town of Gettysburg, PA, as a backdrop, Rick Santorum today announced he was suspending his presidential campaign. Santorum started his presser with an acknowledgement that the fragile health of his daughter, Bella, prompted him to reassess the status of his campaign and how continuing it […]
Or maybe that should be a soiled Red State, because this doesn’t deal specifically in the traditional, color-coded political sense that you’re probably thinking. This red has to do with ratings, as in from the American Petroleum Institute, which maps out the states with the highest combined local, state and federal gasoline taxes. Guess who […]
A good friend of mine recently described me as a libertarian that leans Republican. After reflection, I concluded that I am a libertarian that leans away from Democrat, so I suppose he is right – it is all a matter of perspective. The difference between the modern day Democrat Party and the modern day Republican […]
