New data from the U.S. Treasury shows that the federal government has amassed $74 trillion in debts, liabilities and unfunded Social Security/Medicare obligations. This amounts to$603,000 for every household in the U.S., a fiscal burden that exceeds 90% of all the private wealth accumulated in the history of America. Each year, the Treasury and White […]
Major life events. We all walk through them personally and watch them occur in the lives of those around us. From new lives birthed to graduations, marriages, careers, and the journey of growing older into retirement, no matter how diverse each one’s path may become, ironically, each journey ends the same way – with our […]
Hillary Clinton’s entrance into the Presidential race certainly came as no surprise. What is surprising is how many people consider her a viable candidate given her history of corruption, ineptitude, lack of accomplishment, and abhorrent political ideology. There’s also the little matter of just how many people around her have died of mysterious circumstances at “convenient” […]
Ah, the weekend before federal income taxes are due. By now, I expect the nation’s follicle count is swiftly dwindling as a frustrated population struggles to comprehend and comply with what I consider the biggest national embarrassment the US has: our tax code. As of April of 2014, the federal code took 73,954 pages to explain. To […]
Rent seeking is the name of the game: where special interests seek special dispensation from government in order to improve their position in the market place. Today we have J. Ron Terwilliger advocating for more government intervention and support of his business. (link) Mr. Terwilliger says we have a crisis of affordable housing. He says […]
By now, it appears that most of America has heard about Indiana’s recently passed Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and whether you have asked for it or not, opinions on the matter appear to be as plentiful and vast as the people of this great nation itself. While many states already have similar laws on their […]
For Christians this is a special time of the year. During the Easter season we honor Jesus’ message to the world. His persecution by the Roman prefect, Pontius Pilate who ordered him to be nailed to a cross and left to die, taken from the cross and sealed in a tomb, and the amazing discovery […]
Texas Senator Ted Cruz, the first major candidate to officially announce a run for President, was in Rock Hill, SC today stumping for votes. He arrived at the Holiday Inn off Dave Lyle Blvd just after 11am and spoke to the 225 in attendance for just over twenty minutes before taking a handful of pre-written questions read […]
Indiana found itself in a national firestorm after Governor Mike Pence (R) signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) into law. RFRA is perceived as granting religious business owners the right to refuse service for members of the LGBT community, but other laws similar to RFRA have not had that result. LGBT advocates believe the […]
Corporatism and liberals go together too well. In Sunday’s Observer, Christopher Gergen and Stephen Martin advocate the continuation of tax credits to encourage the installation of solar farms. In typical leftist fashion they start their plaint for continuing tax credits with an anecdote about a farmer who has leased 40 acres of farmland to Strata Solar […]
