According to those who usually report on the employment reports put out by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, June wasn’t such a great month. Maybe not, but then, maybe so. Consider that local, state, and federal government employment was down 39,000 people while employment overall was up by 18,000. According to the attorneys for […]
Crisis. Everything’s a crisis anymore. As political leaders in Washington seek a resolution to the restrictions posed by the Debt Limit, we are told it’s a crisis. Where is the crisis? Isn’t global warming a crisis? Isn’t HIV a crisis? We had (have) a subprime crisis. How many crises can we take? Maybe this really […]
As the United States and its state and local governments wander around the edge of a financial abyss, one can only be amused by the some of the economists. Economics is touted as a science yet if it is a science why is there such a diversity of opinion? There is one team of economists […]
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, is the federal government’s latest foray into the medical field. Actually the intrusion is into the field of medical insurance and pharmaceuticals. The field of medicine is only indirectly affected. Generally the purpose seems to be one of allowing or requiring as many people […]
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 […]
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 […]
