Is There a 4th Branch of Government that Can Limit the Government Itself?

When we were kids in school, we were all taught that there were three branches of government, namely, the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial branches.  This concept has probably been the way it’s been taught since 1789. Although there … Continue reading →

Whom Are We Hiring?

Welcome to 2012!  A new year of politics, with the bonus of Presidential elections.  Just what you were hoping Santa would tuck into your stocking this Christmas, wasn’t it? All over the nation, political campaigns are getting underway.  But why … Continue reading →

TANSTAAFL

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This article was originally published on American Thinker on Saturday, February 18, 2012. No, TANSTAAFL isn’t a new type of Swedish meatball.  Nor is it the name of a solar powered sauna.  Robert A. Heinlein, the science fiction writer, created … Continue reading →

Unions and Government: A Suicide Pact for Everyone

This article was originally published on American Thinker. The U.S. Department of Labor and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are taking action to make it easier for union bosses to force non-union plants to organize.  This flies in the … Continue reading →

Obama’s “Zero-Sum” View of America

The President’s economic policies are based either on the view that the American economy is truly a zero-sum game or, for those who are more cynical, it is the excuse used to provide a theoretical “fig leaf” to just more … Continue reading →

Can We Rely on the Executive Branch for Unsullied Data?

This article was originally published on American Thinker on February 13, 2012.   Some things just never seem to change from year to year, from decade to decade, or even from century to century.  The great novelist Mark Twain, an … Continue reading →

Has the Constitution Lost Its Sex Appeal?

This article was originally published on American Thinker on February 11, 2012. A recent editorial in Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) spoke to the lack of appeal among other nations, and among certain elements within our own nation, for our Constitution. … Continue reading →

Obama and Racism

The Liberal-Progressive-Democrats (L-P-Ds) and the main stream media (their propaganda arm) constantly bang the drum that accuses anyone who disagrees with the President is “racist.”  Again and again the term “racist” raises its ugly head no matter what criticism is … Continue reading →

First It Was Global Warming. Now It’s Global Sweetening!

This article was first published on American Thinker.   From the same sort of academic busybodies who gave us the ever popular Global Warming panic comes a new prediction of catastrophe.  This newest ginned up rationale  for enabling Liberal-Progressive-Democrats (L-P-Ds) … Continue reading →

Republicans are Obstructionists?

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The infamous trio of Obama, Pelosi and Reid, along with their normal backup group of people like Chuck Schumer, Paul Krugman, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and most of the main stream media choir, are singing an old favorite of theirs:  Republicans Are … Continue reading →