When Americans boys are sent off to war — when war is thrust upon us, as it was on Dec. 7, 1941, and again on Sept. 11, 2001 — we ask our young men to put their lives on the line. Then, the college debaters in charge at the White House proceed to spend more […]
“Vin, sometimes you run excerpts from letters that arrive at your desk, but you rarely run an entire letter, much less an uninterrupted series of letters from the same writer, which would give us a better idea of the thought process of a typical reader.” Yes, and there’s a reason for that. But since such […]
What ever happened to Mark OToole? No, not the Mark O’Toole with the apostrophe before the “T,” bass player for the rock band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. We’re talking about the vocalist Mark OToole who won Ed McMahon’s Star Search competition back in 1994, came to Vegas, put together a band, and has played almost […]
I don’t know how it facilitates a sober, studious, academic environment to allow kids at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Cal. to EITHER wear American flag gear or paint their faces and bodies in red, white, and green to celebrate Cinco de Mayo (a fun Mexican holiday but still a fairly minor one, […]
Last week, we were discussing the Obama administration’s anti-freedom agenda. When a political leader snidely ridicules the free market, characterizing those who challenge his initiatives to vastly expand federal regulation and management of the economy as being in the pay of “greedy insurance executives,” “big bankers,” and the like, I don’t see how anyone can […]
Last week, we were discussing the Obama administration’s anti-freedom, anti-capitalist agenda. When a political leader snidely ridicules the free market, characterizing those who challenge his initiatives to vastly expand federal regulation and management of the economy as being in the pay of “greedy insurance executives,” “big bankers,” and the like, I don’t see how anyone […]
Back in 1996, Congress swore it was finally going to wean American farmers off taxpayer subsidies with the “Freedom to Farm” law. The law “allowed” farmers greater flexibility in their planting decisions and moved toward greater reliance on market supply and demand, further offering farmers big one-time payments in exchange for their promise to accept […]
And the Clueless Ones in Washington just can’t figure out why struggling American small business owners, uncertain about how the rules will be changed next, are reluctant to hire new employees. “Fresh off passage of a sweeping health care overhaul, the Obama administration is supporting legislation to provide mandatory paid sick leave for more than […]
I don’t think Barack Obama tells the truth. Yes, voters had fair warning of this ambitious young man’s long associations with radical America-haters and self-described Communists including the literal bomb-makers of the Weather Underground (at least, those who managed to avoid blowing themselves up with their paramours in Greenwich Village in 1970.) Even if, in […]