February 5, 2015

Bill Bennett should know better!

Bill Bennett and Greg Abbott, governor of Texas, had a short debate about Common Core education programs on Fox News Sunday.  Bennett, like his fellow Common Core supporter, Jeb Bush, is very smart, but he makes the same mistake on Common Core t...

February 12, 2014

Please Stick To Politics, Greta

On her TV show this past weekend, Greta Van Susteren, commented on an incident involving Marcus Smart, the Oklahoma basketball star who went into the stands and shoved a Texas Tech fan, before being pulled off by his teammates. You can see her remark...

May 1, 2013

What's wrong with this ad?

There are two gun-rights billboards in Greeley, Colorado depicting a black-and-white image of three American Indians (or Native Americans, if you prefer politically correct terminology).  Below the picture are the words, "Turn in your arms....

February 20, 2013

On Giving Pro-Obama Military Veterans a Pass

President Obama, the press, and several senators have praised Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel's military service as a qualifier for the job.  White House officials believe that Republicans would find it difficult to vote against a war hero...

February 15, 2013

Why Not a $100 Per Hour Minimum Wage?

President Obama announced that he's supporting a federal, inflation-adjusted minimum wage increase from $7.25 to $9.00 per hour. Even if he settles for $8 per hour, this seems irresponsible in light of our stubbornly slow economic recovery. But if th...

January 29, 2013

The Boy Scouts: A Deal with Gay Activists?

According to several sources, including NBC News, Boy Scouts of America (BSA), the largest youth organization in the nation, is close to ending its decades-long prohibition of gay scouts and gay scout leaders. Many large charitable groups and corpora...

January 27, 2013

Sex, Human Nature, and Women in Combat

First, before we get to sex and human nature, let's get some necessary, but preliminary points out of the way: It's not necessary for the physical makeup of the military to be representative of the population and a military career is not a "right." H...

June 1, 2012

Our odd president

Birthers believe that President Obama's proffered birth certificate shows evidence of being a forgery, and that he may not be a natural born American citizen.  I'm agnostic on the issue, but I am bothered at the way President Obama and his suppo...

November 7, 2010

Immigration and enforcement

Philip Geiger compares arguments against hitchhiking with those against illegal immigration (Hitchhikers and Illegal Immigrants American Thinker, November 5, 2010).  Continuing with Mr. Geiger's use of analogy, let's compare traffic laws with en...

July 21, 2010

Hobbling a Housing Recovery

For the real estate market to recover, we must have solvent investors able to get loans to buy housing. But the Democrats' new financial regulation bill, which President Obama will sign today, makes banks less innovative and responsive to future...

March 29, 2010

Making the Housing Crisis Worse

The Obama administration has announced a new plan to help homeowners facing foreclosure due to under-employment and unemployment. Instead of having the government create an economic climate which would actually create private-sector permanent jobs an...