Raintree Country Club in south Charlotte was packed last week with a crowd of more than 50 concerned citizens who attended the most recent meeting of SMART (South Mecklenburg Alliance of Responsible Taxpayers) and SPARK Educational Performances (Strategic Partners for Accountability and Reform of Key Educational Performances). Tim Timmerman of SMART led the meeting and […]
In virtually every airport bookstore in America right now you will find a little sleeper of a book in the business section which is as riveting as a thriller and as hard to put down. James Rickards Currency Wars made this reader remember what Secretary of the Navy John Lehman so vividly told Tom Clancy […]
Wasting money is currently a government function. That, of course, is an opinion. There are too many who, being on the receiving end of the wasteful spending, do not consider it waste at all. They like getting money for nothing. For generations now, the list of recipients has grown each year until we are at […]
A few hundred years into the Christian era, the merger of the Roman Empire and the Roman Catholic Church blurred the lines between church and state; it corrupted both, injured one and killed the other. Thomas Jefferson didn’t have to be genius to figure this one out; he just needed to be moderately well-read. The […]
Once a conspiracy theory takes root nothing deters its adherents. Evidence contrary to the speculation is summarily dismissed as another brick in the conspirer’s wall of secrecy. Thus, the plot thickens. Now that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has released details questioning the birth certificate Obama produced last year, birthers could become revitalized. While Arpaio’s […]
In 2009 Vice President Joe Biden joined Henrik Fisker for a televised announcement that the Department of Energy would loan Fisker Automotive, Inc. $529 million to manufacture a new, energy efficient, plug-in hybrid car. Biden told a Delaware audience that the federal loan to Fisker Automotive was seed money that would return “billions and billions and […]
“Today’s debate about global warming is essentially a debate about freedom. The environmentalists would like to mastermind each and every possible (and impossible) aspect of our lives.” Vaclav Klaus ~ Blue Planet in Green Shackles I wonder how it happened that some people woke up one day and decided that using energy to power our […]
Remember these from school? “Ask not what your country can do for you; demand it.” “The only thing to fear is buying our own stuff.” “Give me liberty or give me free stuff.” “One if by land, two if by sea; get off that horse and buy my stuff for me.” And who can forget, […]
I’m really torn about President Obama’s visit to Charlotte. On one hand, it’s exciting to host the President of the United States in your home town, no matter what bumper sticker you’ve got on your car. Just as it should be. (On the other hand, I’m resigned to the fact that this will be just […]
Genuine fairness conveys nothing more than the opportunity to use one’s talents and ideas unhindered by legalized oppression. But that notion of fairness has changed. In fact, “fairness” has become one of the English language’s most corrupt words. Contemporary fairness is measured not in equality before the law, the opportunity to better oneself, or the […]
