April 1, 2010
Stand and Deliver
As I read the New York times this morning, for some reason my thoughts turned to Ayn Rand. Rand, famous objectivist philosopher and author of the influential books Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, would have nodded her head in appreciation...
March 31, 2010
The Glove Fits
So, according to various news reports, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman is going to “investigate” corporate America for reacting to the President’s new health care law by promising to take huge tax write-downs because of the expected negative...
March 30, 2010
That Old-Time Religion?
Is it me or are most major religions in some serious need of adult leadership? Protestant sects, in the United States, are preparing for the imminent arrival of Jesus by arming themselves to the teeth and making plans to bomb...
March 29, 2010
Reefer Madness
The State of California is pushing to make cannabis legal. Apparently getting high is the best way for Californians to balance their state budget. Folks, you can’t really make this stuff up. When I was in 7th grade, I promised...
March 26, 2010
Revenge Best Served Cold
Republicans can learn much from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. When a bipartisan majority in the House and the Senate passed the prescription drug benefit in 2003 (after a painful three and a half hour vote on the Conference report), Pelosi, who...
March 25, 2010
Fight the Present, Don’t Re-fight the Past
Put away those Confederate Uniforms. As it turns out, we don’t have to re-enact the Civil War. The Health Care law is so bad, we don’t have to stretch back to the 18th or 19th centuries (or the 20th century...