Sharks are among nature’s most amazing creatures. They are quick, graceful and superior hunters. But above those qualities they are relentless. The scent of blood can drive sharks into a feeding frenzy that continues until their hapless victim is totally consumed. Come to think of it, government is similar to a shark. That’s not to […]
Since we are getting down to the ‘nut-cuttin’ (don’t ask) of finally realizing we are spending way, way, way too much money on things that are not absolutely critically essential to the health, wealth and safety of the United States of America, what do you say we take a closer look at PBS, the Public […]
I must confess that before a Tea Party group in Massachusetts asked me to speak to them about Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap for America,” I had never read it. Sure, I had a general idea from news media accounts that Rep Ryan had charted a Republican alternative to the insanity of our current fiscal policy. But […]
The idea that we all love nature and do not wish to wreck the planet is a given. However, Sustainable Development NGOs and nonprofit conservancy organizations have created a lucrative and diabolical network across the entire nation by using our love of nature and the planet as a ruse to socially restructure our laws, our […]
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 […]
Any dictator worth his salt holds a rank or a title befitting his position. Hitler was der Fuehrer, Stalin a Premier and Castro the leader of the people’s revolution. Despots invariably come packaged with lofty monikers, either by personal choice or popular declaration. So what happened to Col. Muammar Gaddafi? Gaddafi is no doubt the […]
Governor Beverly Perdue was in Washington over the past weekend, among other things, begging Barack Obama personally for a bailout. Specifically, she requested that the Feds defer interest payments that North Carolina is obligated to pay for loans from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits for NC residents. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, interest […]
One of the goals of the Tea Party movement over the last two years has been to bring the issue of state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws back into the political mainstream. Many states have passed various resolutions and bills aimed at nullifying this or that federal law based on the 10th Amendment’s limitations on […]
One of the ways to rationalize government employment is to write regulations. It is a simple process: for every new regulation more policing agents must be hired to ensure the regulations are abided by. Those who receive payment for such employment include those who produce and process the paperwork, as well as those who actually […]
If someone told you that some or all of the property you own could be confiscated against your will for a common area, an open area, or a walking or biking trail, what would you say? You search for and find that perfect property to buy, only to find out that a 10- or 20-foot […]
