Will No One Rid Me of this Troublesome Priest?

The primary question in any scandal are inevitably reminiscent of Watergate:  What did the he or she know, and when did they know it? No matter who is the target, that is the essential question in any scandal. What did … Continue reading →

Is George III Currently Living in the White House?

I may not be the world’s leading expert on the root causes of the American revolution, but with the multiple scandals spreading out from the White House like tentacles, one has to wonder at the similarities with Obama’s governing style … Continue reading →

Scandals Here, There and Everywhere

  Yesterday was a very interesting day for Barack Obama, our formerly Teflon president.  I almost felt sorry for his predicament.  Almost.  As in Paris is almost next door to Los Angeles.  First there is the growing scandal of the … Continue reading →

The ‘We’re-Really-Not-Raising-Your-Taxes’ Tax

The Senate of the United States is currently debating the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act. Doesn’t that sound nice? I mean, who could possibly be against fairness in the marketplace. The essence of the bill is the repeal of the sales … Continue reading →

How Hard Can it Really Be to Use English Properly?

I really hate being picky about the way Progressives operate, but the lousy education that our unionized public schools offer their students proves that the low-information voter is being swindled.  I think, even for Progressives, that is going a little … Continue reading →

The Obama Budget? A Plan or a Train Wreck?

The President’s budget was released with the usual threats to refuse to negotiate with Republicans in the co-equal branch of government called Congress.  It is, quite literally, a monumental proposal, with total spending in the budget totaling $3.778 trillion dollars.  … Continue reading →

Can Anyone be Only a “Little Bit Pregnant”?

Originally published on American Thinker.   Can anyone be only a “little bit pregnant”?  Sounds kind of silly doesn’t it?  But just as you can’t be only a “little bit” pregnant, you can’t lose only a “little bit” of your … Continue reading →

Choosing Senators: How to Rein in Federal Spending

Originally published at American Thinker   The phenomenal growth of spending by the federal government itself is matched (in rate of increase, if not in actual dollar amounts) by the spending level in each of the states that have been … Continue reading →

It’s For My Own Good?

Originally published at Canada Free Press I happened across an as-yet-to-be-published review in the New York Review of Books  of a newly released book by Sarah Conly.  The review itself is apparently scheduled for publication on March 7, 2013 and … Continue reading →

A Second Bill of Rights, or just another Bill of Goods?

Originally published at American Thinker. Cass Sunstein recently published an op-ed on January 28 at Bloomberg.com saying that President Obama “firmly rejects ‘equality of result,’ but is simultaneously committed to ensuring both fair opportunity and decent security for all.” After … Continue reading →