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 →

Jim Yardley Discusses the Budget with Silvio Canto

The link below is to the blog-radio interview with Silvio Canto in Dallas.  To listen to the full interview (and I’m sorry to say it includes the commercials) just click on this link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cantotalk/2013/04/12/a-look-at-president-obamas-budget

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 →

We Can’t Wait Until 2016

The early tremors of the 2016 presidential campaigns are already being felt.  Rubio, Jindal, and others are positioning themselves to try once again to take the White House in four years.  Republicans are basing their hopes on the fantasy of … Continue reading →

To Survive, Republicans Must Embrace School Vouchers

There is at least one major issue that Republicans can embrace to change their electoral future. School choice, the so-called school voucher system, is the perfect vehicle for Republicans to finally do something that might persuade blacks, Hispanics, and single mothers … Continue reading →

Is Politics Important?

I was talking to my son the other day.  He’s been under a lot of stress lately, and after listening to him vent for about 20 minutes, I thought a change of topic would help.  So in passing I asked … Continue reading →

So Obama Inherited a Mess, Did He? From Whom?

For the past three and a half years, we have had to endure the nonstop whining of Barack Obama and his surrogates telling us over and over that he inherited the financial mess that required him to add trillions of … Continue reading →

Talking Points

“Meme” is the word that is currently being used to describe the spread of an idea or concept so that it works its way into the fabric of a culture in a way that is similar to the spread of … Continue reading →

Who Should Be Responsible? America or Mexico?

The continuing drain on America’s resources for the benefit of non-Americans presents, I believe, a national crisis.  With national debt now at the $15 trillion level, it is reasonable to view such expenditures for the health and education of people … Continue reading →

Have We Reached the New Tipping Point?

This essay was originally published on American Thinker To paraphrase Larry the Cable Guy, I don’t care who you are — you have to admit that Thomas Jefferson certainly had a way with words.  In this one short section from … Continue reading →