February 5, 2013

What the Despised Rich, Smart Kids, and Fallen Heroes Have in Common

What do the despised rich, smart kids, and fallen heroes have in common?  They are all victims of the progressive movement.  When being rich is finally made synonymous with undeserved privilege, individual achievement in other areas will be...

October 3, 2012

A Straw Man Is Beating Republicans

Liberalism is in ascendency in the world due in large part to the huge success it has had fending off criticism by employing the straw man technique.  Any who disagree with the progressive agenda are  accused of being cruel, insensitive, ou...

February 8, 2012

Understanding Unemployment Statistics

It may come as a surprise that according to the federal government, an out-of-work person who put in an application at every place in town more than thirty days ago, who scours every available newspaper's want ads every morning, and who visits every ...

December 10, 2011

There's Nothing Funny about Democrats

A recent Saturday Night Live skit on Obama has been called a lampoon, but in reality, it was more like an excuse for liberalism's shortcomings.  The skit implies that the American people place a higher priority on entertainment than on the tough...

December 3, 2011

The OWS Zero-Sum Game Fallacy

One of the themes coming from the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is the liberal claim that if there were fewer rich people, there would be fewer poor people.  The Occupiers believe that there is only so much wealth to go around, and the rich ...

October 12, 2011

Shedding Some Light on Solar Power

The government tells us that we need to subsidize renewable energy providers with taxpayer money.  Global warming advocates tell us to turn to eco-friendly renewable energy sources like solar power.  They insist that viable alternatives to ...

September 26, 2011

Public sector employees need protection from government, but we don't?

Liberals encourage public sector employees to mistrust government while they encourage the rest of us to embrace government control. Liberal leaders teach that the reason unions are necessary is that employers, being self-interested, have an incentiv...

August 20, 2010

The Nexus between Liberals and Racists

Until the second half of the last century, one of the reasons that institutional racism persisted was because throughout our society, racists were protected from ridicule by an accommodating press and popular culture. Racists did not have to justify ...

February 18, 2010

King Had a Dream, but Blacks Now Face a Nightmare

When was the last time you heard anyone express outrage over the fact that up to half of the black kids in major cities are high school dropouts? Black America is in a state of crisis, and not only are we being ignored by those for whom we vote, but ...

February 15, 2010

Blizzard recovery showcases benefits of capitalism

Tens of thousands of businesses in the Snow Belt have parking lots that must be cleared of snow immediately after a snowstorm in order for them to sell their wares. They do not rely on the government; there is no "snow czar", and there is n...

December 5, 2009

Save the Planet by Banning Ice Cream

There's a lot of talk going around about reducing greenhouse gases that may contribute to global warming. The latest fad is to replace incandescent bulbs with new, energy-saving florescent bulbs. People are being told that they can help the environme...

August 26, 2009

Inundated by the n-word

With unsettling regularity, in public places where music is being played for all to hear such as from a juke-box, I, a black man, find myself being inundated with the N-word by some young black rapper.  Imagine being in an establishment with pee...

July 2, 2009

Taking the hot air out of wind power

The idea of wind generated electric energy is being sold by environmentalists as an overlooked opportunity to reduce greenhouse gasses. Global warming advocates claim that this discounted treasure could be a major part of an effort to reduce the burn...