Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke recently launched the highest profile assault on the gold standard since President Richard Nixon closed the gold window in 1971. The Wall Street Journal headlined its report “Bernanke Defends Country’s Break With the Gold Standard.” “The gold standard would not be feasible for both practical reasons and policy reasons,” Bernanke […]
I don’t know anyone – liberal, conservative, libertarian, or socialist for that matter – who believes that welfare is better than work. Do you? So if everyone agrees welfare is undesirable, why on earth are so many Americans on it? That question will answer itself at the end of this column. The dilemma of government-monopoly […]
I write to discuss my opinions, but also to share the facts that brought me to those opinions. I hope you read the facts and my opinions, but I hope you use your own brain to come to your own opinions. I am of the belief that people just really need some facts to go […]
Ready for Veep? HBO struck gold with Game Change, a film trashing Sarah Palin, and now they will broadcast a series about an attractive vice president called Veep, and we all know it has nothing to do with Sarah Palin. How much money has Sarah Palin made the American left? There are now dozens of […]
A few days ago Fannie Flono, one of the editorial writers for the Charlotte Observer, wrote about another conference to be held concerning racial issues.This one was about how young black men are victims of violent crime and, by the way, are perpetrators of the same. Uplifting justice is highly challenging in recent days. But […]
“The only threat to our freedom is the concentration of power. Congress is using its unfettered ability to generate debt for its own benefit at the expense of the American people. It is called taxation without representation. We at RestoringFreedom.org have decided to take a stand. We are confident that support will continue to build […]
Mitt Romney’s minister of information appeared on CNN the other day and made a big faux pas. He accidentally inadvertently told the truth. And when a senior campaign strategist, adviser and confidante blurts out the truth it really makes headlines. It attracts even more attention when a beloved child’s toy is mentioned. Yes indeed, the […]
The Republican presidential nomination process is more than half complete, meaning Ron Paul’s supporters must face a hard fact. Their candidate won’t be the nominee. His delegate count is one-tenth that of Mitt Romney and only Maine has awarded Paul double-digit delegates. Even when Paul wins, he loses. That’s not to say Rep. Paul is […]
There have been two moments of extreme clarity in my lifetime; watershed events that changed the fundamental assumptions upon which our worldview rests. The first date of extreme clarity is September 11, 2001. No thinking person could possibly look at issues of national security and foreign relations the same way before and after the attacks […]
Burrn Notice When spies are deemed unreliable, the agency sends out a “burn notice”, terminating their connections and leaving them without cash, influence or a support network. In the popular TV series by that name, ex-spy Michael Weston finds himself blacklisted and stuck in Miami, where he follows a trail hoping to find the people […]
