It looks like the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) is up to its tricks again, trying for the third time to regulate pretty much every aspect of the internet like an old-style telephone company.  Tom Wheeler, the FCC chairman, announced a 322 page set of new rules, but will not release it to the public.  Yes […]

As homosexual marriage winds its way through the judicial system, President Barack Obama is likely to go down in history as a champion of gay rights, as the first president to endorse gay marriage. In reality, Obama’s position on gay marriage was cynical and calculated to maximize political results. Obama, famously, came out in favor […]

Have we come to this point in our culture or is this just an “outlier”?  Yesterday, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-Md) made the following statement in a speech to Federal union members: “People do not seem to understand that so many people come to government knowing that they are not going to make the kind of […]

One of my usual sources of info that I use in this blog is the Wall Street Journal; I consider the WSJ and the Financial Times (FT) of London to be the premier press sources of economic information. Its unfortunate that I have progressive friends who will immediately discount something I say because it came […]

Bill Maher tells authoritatively that capitalism did not produce a middle class.  It was actually worse than that.  I quote extensively from his statements on “Real Time” on HBO because you have to read it to believe someone said it: “so what’s happening is, the Democrats are proposing to nibble around the edges of our […]

Dean Smith, the legendary University of North Carolina basketball coach, died Saturday at 83 years of age. Smith was a coaching oddity, much more than a sweat-suit clad whistle-blower. A fierce intellect, Smith was well-read and poised. He possessed balance, a trait that seemed to flow into his players and teams. I promise I am […]

I wrote my last post just prior to the State of the Union Address and admitted to the foolishness of doing so.  I am not writing today to toot my own horn, but I have to say, I was not too far off.  Let me remind you of the promises of Huey Long’s Share Our […]

I posted several days ago saying that I thought President Obama’s budget indicated that he had a vision for increasing the scope and reach of our federal government in our lives. A reader was critical of the post. One of his points was that federal government employment is at an all-time low with President Obama’s administration. […]

Obama’s Favorite Breakfast Meal–Moral Equivalence  President Obama appears to attract all manners of controversy at the National Prayer Breakfast. Sometimes he is the target and sometimes he is the source. Remember, Ben Carson made headlines when he castigated Obama’s health care policies at the event several years ago. Now, the President used the Prayer Breakfast […]

On January 5, President Obama, in a speech at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, equated the current jihadist threat with “terrible deeds committed in the name of Christ.”  Read the entire speech to get the full context. But if you do, you will find President Obama bending over backward to find some moral equivalency between […]