Not so many years ago North Carolina housed the mentally ill in places exclusive to the mentally ill. Anything from mild cases to people needing sedation or restraint were housed much as prisoners, unable to leave because they were behind locked doors. For some – the advocates as they are known, those who work and […]
While enjoying the banter of a chat room the other day, I was encouraged to look up some information about how we ended up in the subprime recession/depression. In a word: Government. There are those who credit the banks, the lending institutions, and certainly they were complicit. But they began by doing what they are […]
Ms. Fannie Flono of the uptown paper goes off on the Boy Scouts for not abiding her desire to include avowed homosexuals. As an Eagle Scout and as a past adult Assistant Scout Master, I would like to disagree with Ms. Flono and to task her with taking the mote from her own eye before casting […]
There is a major difference between the treatment government gives one group of citizens versus another. However, generally speaking, understanding will be provided by knowing what the crony capitalistic relationship is between the government employees and those who have ‘disobeyed’. A recent article by the Associated Press tells of numerous elected representatives and their associates […]
In a recent essay for the Wall Street Journal, Mr. Alan Blinder makes a partisan diatribe for more government while claiming he is for less. His is an outstanding piece of convoluted Keynesian economic propaganda. Near the end he tells the reader he wants a more neutral tax system under which “… the allocation of […]
In an unusual turn of events, the Charlotte City Council rejected the plans of City Manager Curt Walton and decided to do its job, which is to be the board of directors to city staff, not compliant followers. Credit is due to Mr. Walton as he has only been following the footsteps of the corporate […]
Is this election a defining moment in United States history? It certainly seems so. On one side we have Barack Obama. On the other we have Mitt Romney. What choice could be more disparate? Certainly Ron Paul would be more adamant about reducing the size of government and its influence in our lives, but this […]
Where is the surprise? Why are the headlines: Mecklenburg County has $44.8 million more than expected? There is no news here. This is a case of dog bites man. Every time there is a revaluation, since at least 1980, taxpayers and voters have been told we are going to have a revenue-neutral tax rate. Every […]
Not so many years ago every high school had vocational classes. Students weren’t divided into fast track and slow track, although there were AP courses and regular courses. Everyone knew who the tough teachers were. And everyone knew that Joe was a good mechanic, Eddie a good math student, and Sue excellent in history. There […]
Should a voter have to identify himself before being allowed to vote? It seems a simple enough idea; an idea whose purpose is to verify that the person voting is the same as the person who is registered. What is there to oppose about this? Those supporting the idea, typically more conservative in political leanings, […]
