Opinion
THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER
Sunday, March 7th, 2010Author Tony DeMaio
Everybody wants to be rich! Some say they just want to be “comfortable”–but they really mean “rich”. To some, being “rich” means a mansion, luxury cars, servants, fine restaurants, etc. To others, being “rich” means having enough to eat.
Some people think I’m rich. I am. I define rich [...]
It’s Always RE-active; Never PRO-active
Monday, March 1st, 2010Author Tex Norton
A story buried on page 16 of the Thursday, February 11, 2010 Financial Times once again confirms that our “regulation” process simply doesn’t work. The article entitled US Safety Watchdog Under Attack reports that the United States car safety watchdog is under attack from Congress and consumer advocates for not being aggressive enough [...]
What Is A Liberal?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Author Tony Demaio
For many years, I had no idea what “liberal” or “conservative” meant. I had even less of a clue as to the meaning of “left wing” or “right wing”. I DID know my beliefs, though. I believed one should keep their word (contract), let others have their say (free speech), [...]
Inept Terrorists, Wasted Lives, and Fuzzy Thinking
Monday, February 22nd, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
I never heard of Joseph A. Stack until yesterday, despite the fact that he lived about a hundred miles South and West of me. I would have preferred never to hear of Joseph A. Stack.
Asia–our segundo, not the continent–came in to say he had heard of the crash on the radio, [...]
CONVERTING CHAOS INTO ORDER Part One
Monday, February 8th, 2010Author Essie Feldhacher
Recently a friend expressed how in society ‘hoarding’ has become a dirty word, one destined, it seemed, to take on a new and negative meaning in what most would have to admit has become a throw-away society caused by an over-abundance and easy replacement of material things.
“In my opinion,” my friend said, “hoarding [...]
Why Are You Afraid To Be Responsible?
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Author Tex Norton
Res ipsa loquitur (The Facts Speak for Themselves). In a recent article, the author asked if we needed a New Deal. He pointed out that the original New Deal has probably been the greatest political force in America during the last 100 years. The New Deal was created by the Franklin D. Roosevelt [...]
GET BUSINESS OUT OF POLITICS!!
Sunday, February 7th, 2010Author Tony DeMaio
I hear this refrain often. It is often accompanied by associated phrases like “There is too much money in politics.” “We need campaign finance reform.” “Big money talks—the little guy doesn’t stand a chance.” “Political campaigns should be funded by the government”. Similar phrases are bandied about and [...]
State of Disunion Address 2010 Part 2
Saturday, January 30th, 2010Publisher Mike Rough
O: Our most urgent — our most urgent task upon taking office was to shore up the same banks that helped cause this crisis. It was not easy to do. And if there’s one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans — and everybody in between — it’s that we all hated the [...]
State of Disunion Address 2010 Part 1
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Publisher Michael Rough
O: One year ago, I took office amid two wars, an economy rocked by a severe recession, a financial system on the verge of collapse, and a government deeply in debt. Experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act, we might face a second depression.
M: A year has [...]
Charity Can Be Crippling
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Author Linda Brady Traynham
I wrote, recently, over on Whiskey and Gunpowder, about why I am so opposed to US government aid to Haiti. It isn’t our country, we have no strategic interest there–not even Kruschev thought it worth putting missile silos on–and we have been flinging billions at those people since the time of [...]