The day after the Presidential election, Rush Limbaugh said the results proved that people voted for Santa Claus. The point was that people voted for a government that would do things for them and give things to them. Limbaugh was savaged by the left and the media for saying this. Proving that either the critics […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, America – and the world around it – was rapidly descending into Economic Hell. It was a protracted, confused, process called “the ‘70s.” A number of problems were causing recession, unemployment, and suffering, quantified by “the Misery Index” at twice the depth as today’s. America also was enmeshed […]
In thinking about politics and economics, one is considering how particular aspects of our society should function. Economics is basically the study of how society provisions its members (for an in depth description see Robert Heilbronner – “Behind the Veil of Economics”). Politics, on the other hand, is how the people combine to use power […]
“The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” – James Madison Now that campaigns for office have come to a close, the political parties start an assessment process that follows every election. It is considered key political strategy to debrief properly […]
There is a lot of talk right now about the Republican Party being fractured. From what I see around me, this is very true. The fracture I see is between three factions: progressives (RINOs), Christian conservatives, and libertarians. Let me see if I can wade through the mess. Social liberalism, a.k.a. libertarianism, is a strange animal. I […]
Hostess, the baker maker of such great American iconic foods as Twinkies, Cupcakes and Ding-Dongs, as well as the relatively more healthy Wonder breads, has decided to close up shop after a prolonged strike by its workers eventually exhausted the company’s remaining resources. Here’s the question of the day: When will the federal government and the […]
What is a Fiscal Cliff? It is a term used by those who would scare the people, to convince them something dire is about to happen. Unless, of course, Congress and the President do what they should to avert it. Where is the news? The news will be if Congress and the President, a President […]
So, about that big sell off on Wall Street after the election… It turns out there were a lot of selfish, rich capitalist pigs who decided to take their chips off the table rather than gamble on dodging the proverbial soaking that the American electorate voted to commence. President Obama ran on a promise to […]
The idea behind keeping your moral integrity intact if you are in the military is that, if you don’t, you could be blackmailed into endangering the security of the United States. Right? So the FBI steps in on getting a sniff of General Petraeus’ extramarital affair some months ago and starts investigating him and his […]
All across the ‘net and on the news-fight channels you can see the typical “the GOP is outmoded/must change/reach out to this group/that group/make a new group” arguments. We have heard them all before and the only thing new this time is you can’t blame a third-party spoiler because their guy only pulled 1% and […]
