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Obamacare is Politicized Medicine?

When I was in college I had got in a fierce argument with my college professor over whether the United States should move towards any sort of "political economy." My professor was arguing that America should move towards a political ...

Meet the real Gary Peters

Henry Payne wrote an editorial called Who Is the Real Gary Peters that appeared in the Detroit News a couple weeks ago that made several important observations regarding Gary Peters, the probably Democratic nominee for US Senate from Michigan: ....In ...

Saturday Funnies

Courtesy of Baloo’s Political Cartoon blog. I almost went with this, but decided it’s really not the least bit funny. (H/T The Comical Conservative) If you really need to laugh (who doesn’t these days) head over to The People’s Cube.…

On Benghazi, Obama May Simply Be Inept and Negligent and Bad at Job

In a recent Business Insider editorial titled The Most Convincing Explanation For The White House's Benghazi Debacle, Grace Wyler suggests that all the inept and negligent and partisan Obama administration was trying to do when it lied to the American ...

The Real Benghazi Scandal

Everyone is focused on the talking points that were changed over and over again after the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi on September 11, 2012. That’s important, don’t get me wrong. The Obama administration made a concerted effort…

So Much For Retirement

Anyone younger than a baby boomer is going to have to do some serious retirement planning if you want to have any semblance of retirement as we now know it. Well, at least if you’re in the private sector. Public…

Flawed “reforms” could make immigration crisis worse

Open immigration under law and a tradition welcoming newcomers are pillars of our “nation of immigrants” heritage.  The American idea does not work, however, unless people coming to cast their lot with our country owe equal allegiance under law to our nation, and also have ...

Misdirected “compassion” for unlawful migrants will hurt legal immigrants and threaten our “nation of immigrants” tradition

As private citizens Americans enjoy the freedom to show compassion to those who are suffering or in need, including those with legal troubles or who are implicated in political controversy.  As long as we do not seek to promote and directly ...

360,000 Initial Jobless Claims

Initial jobless claims spiked last week to 360,000. Even after the prior week’s upward revision it was a jump of 32,000 claims. It’s going to be kind of hard to put a positive spin on this. The number of Americans…

Star Wars – The Jedi Order are the Bad Guys (UPDATED)

This was originally published on 3/16/09... but I revisited it recently... see the update below... Once upon a time, in an apartment far, far away, I read an article that totally changed my view on Star Wars (which has been on ...

A Memorial Day Remembrance: Mark Metherell

Ever since Marlon Brando and James Dean rode off the big screen and across the landscapes of the American imagination wearing  denim jeans, there has been nothing more cool for guys in America to wear than jeans.   Indeed, blue ...

Whitewash! Justice Department gives corrupt prosecutors in Stevens case a slap on the wrist

On May 3 this site called on the Department of Justice to adopt a credible standard of accountability for prosecutors who abuse their power (See, featured post below entitled “When prosecutors become criminals”).   Readers will recall that...

Fabric of family culture in Latin America torn asunder by U.S. immigration policy: Open borders are an attractive nuisance causing parents to abandon families, now children are following in the footsteps of their parents

On April 11 this blog site called on Americans to start seeing the immigration problem from a whole new perspective.   Our thesis is that corporate greed on the part of those seeking to exploit cheap labor was motivation for ...

When prosecutors become the criminals

The report by a court-appointed special investigator in Ted Stevens prosecutorial abuse scandal is over 500 pages long, but it is still too little too late. The plodding investigation and cumbersome report have presented us with a lot of puffed ...

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