Archive for: August 2011

In the aftermath of the wrangling over increasing the federal debt ceiling, the editorial topic du jour seems heavily invested in lauding the “virtue” of compromise. It’s as if the mere mention of the term automatically places one on a …

Due to Obama’s declining poll numbers, Democrat tongues loosened by cocktails at parties are quietly suggesting, “Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could primary Obama out with Hillary? Darn it, we can’t because Obama is black!”

Does it crack you up when you see a liberal poll slanted to the left? If you read the Times article that accompanies the poll it is always very enlightening. And to start we need some real basic questions asked: …

How ironic that as America debated its debt ceiling all summer and faced a stunning credit downgrade, the nation approached a most timely anniversary: It was August 13, 1981, that President Reagan signed the Economic Recovery Act. Understanding Reagan’s thinking …

British Prime Minister David Cameron has hired the former New York City police commissioner and Los Angeles police chief William Bratton to help combat Britain’s out-of control street gangs, who were alleged to be the main culprits of the riots …

Dr Ghassan Khatib, the Special Envoy of the unelected and unconstitutional Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas, last week addressed the Capital Jewish Forum in the Victorian Parliament House. He was introduced by Mr Izzat Abdulhadi, Palestinian Authority Head of …

Supposedly when George Washington was a boy, he chopped down a cherry tree, then admitted his guilt to his father, saying, “I cannot tell a lie.” Although it’s possible that story may have some truth to it, it’s pretty …

As the August 2 deadline for a debt-ceiling deal drew near, many expected a big deal that would significantly change the direction of federal fiscal policy. After weeks of tumultuous negotiations, partisan bickering, and impassioned histrionics, the agreement that finally …

President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday spoke in order to “consult on regional issues and efforts to achieve Middle East peace,” according to a the White House press statement.

Are you folks as sick of reading my articles on this topic as I am writing about it? Just as Ronald Reagan said to Jimmy Carter during the 1980 debate, I say to the NAACP, “Well, there you go again”; …

When Barack Obama promised change that would transform America, most never suspected that he would make history by presiding over the nation’s first-ever credit downgrade.  But, well, yes – he can.

In the fall of last year, I published two articles in this journal that were testaments to the genius of Friedrich Hayek (see On the Genius of Friedrich Hayek, I and II). I argued there that progressive education …

It is quite funny. All these kooks including O’Reilly have no clue about finance. They tell the folks that we have to pass the debt bill and raise the debt ceiling otherwise the Americans will be hurt! Does that sound …

Thomas Paine once wrote that: “Government is, at its very best, a necessary evil; at it’s worst an intolerable one.” There is a lot of wisdom in that phrase. It’s something that every American should think about. Especially now, in …

The estimates range between 30 and 32 million dollars spent by the Democrat Party in their failed attempt to regain control of Wisconsin. I wonder how many school lunches could have been purchased with 30 million dollars. How many tanks …