November 11th 2010 | Federal debt and deficits | 0 Comments
Our federal debt is about to get even bigger (see update at bottom)….
November 1st 2010 | China, Government control, Health care, Privacy | 0 Comments
Would you want all of your health information online if you lived in an authoritarian police state? Especially one where the government controlled the internet?
That is now an option for people in China, with
October 23rd 2010 | Parenting and culture | 0 Comments
The target audience of Glee is tween and teen girls. A star from the show, who apparently plays a 10th grader (but is really in her 20s), Lea Michele, appears in a full-on crotch
October 22nd 2010 | Politics | 0 Comments
As former Speaker Newt Gingrich learned in 1998, a few dissidents in your party can deny you the gavel at the start of a new Congress. Even if Democrats miraculously hold the majority in 2010,
October 14th 2010 | Death penalty, Violent crime | 0 Comments
It would be funny were not a mother and her two young daughters dead.
A Connecticut murderer-rapist-torturer argues that the long and frivolous appeals he will file is a reason he should be protected from the
October 14th 2010 | Economy, Politics | 0 Comments
President Obama’s desperate smear of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is outrageous, but has not been entirely unsuccessful for his party. I agree with other critics who have noted that the Chamber foreign money
October 12th 2010 | Economy, Government control, Politics | 0 Comments
In a bit of hilarious, if unfortunate, timing, Bloomberg Businessweek published a story last week headlined: Obama Wants a Detente with Business:
Once the midterm elections are over, the President plans to make up with
October 12th 2010 | Politics | 0 Comments
A 50-50 Senate split is a real possibility this year, according to recent polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.com. What would likely happen, would a 50-50 Senate split matter, and what does it mean for the
October 9th 2010 | Economy, Federal debt and deficits, Government control | 0 Comments
A prominent financial blog, CalculatedRISK, which came to fame by anticipating the housing crash, publishes a frightening chart each month that tracks the percent of job losses from an employment peak over time, for each
October 8th 2010 | Economy, Federal debt and deficits, Global warming, Government control | 3 Comments
Even the New York Times seems stunned by the massive government handouts being used to goose sales for electric cars. With the Nissan Leaf going on sale in December 2010, and the Chevy Volt
