December 26, 2010

Why we distrust you

As Margaret Thatcher reminded us in her eulogy to Ronald Reagan we have Reagan's example to follow and help lead us into the future. As the centennial anniversary of Reagan's birth dawns across America the 112th Congress will begin their first day at...

August 19, 2010

Are We Being Served

Americans have been catalyzed to review and take measure of their liberty and freedoms. Somewhere along the past two hundred thirty four year journey with American national government “we the people” have been gerrymandered to casual observers on t...

May 1, 2010

If Only Red Adair Were Still Alive

The recent oil rig platform fire and pending environmental disaster of this past week brought one man's name to mind. A twentieth century hero who was a nation's John Wayne we all called "Red". Red Adair was once described as a man who prob...

April 19, 2010

Government Motors and Detroit Churches

Sundays are a little more exciting in Detroit. As soon as the Pastor shouted Amen the pews were emptied as fast as if someone yelled fire. The doors having been thrown open, congregational members dashed to take that brand new 2010 Buick or Cadillac ...

February 18, 2010

Brave new world of genetic testing

Just when I thought that the cutting edge of medicine was going to be nanotechnology and genetic engineering, reports tell us that inherited diseases are not only on the decline but some are almost eradicated. Ever since the human genome project and ...

February 14, 2010

Remembering Abraham Lincoln this President's Day weekend

As the world sat quiet, a man called Matthew Simpson helped this Nation in understanding our pain in a time of such great sorrow. Simpson delivered a moving sermon at the funeral of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois.Now without their voice, a...

February 1, 2010

Haitian health care two step

Helping out the earthquake stricken Haitians has just gotten more confusing.A recent New York Times article may only be describing the tip of an iceberg. The problem being that there are hundreds of critically injured Haitians filling up American ho...

January 18, 2010

Who will the Dems blame if Coakley loses?

Come Tuesday night Jan 19, 2010 when the Democratic car doesn't start, it will be Obama going to check under the hood. Barry won't like what he sees. His new GM engine built to his specifications will be just staring back at him without a sound. Oba...

January 12, 2010

Pelosi tours the economic wreckage in Detroit

Pelosi and her dozen congressional dwarfs paraded through the Detroit Auto Show this morning. Her appearance in the Motor City was about as welcome as the News in Sweden that GM was throwing Saab under the bus.From the San Francisco Chronicle, Pelosi...

December 12, 2009

No 'Fail Safe' systems in Norway

Fail safe is a term meaning a procedure that is designed to switch equipment or a system to a safe condition if there is a fault or failure.Fail-Safe (1964), a  movie starring Henry Fonda, is an anti war thriller. When a military computer error ...