Americans are adjusting alarmingly well to constant increases in government power and resulting decreases in their own rights and freedoms. One group of Americans, however, is far ahead of all other groups in terms of lost freedoms — that group is our children. Not only are Americas children born into debt slavery, but in return [...]
I don’t normally write about Scientology. My general feeling is that people who are weak and stupid enough to get involved with Scientology get what they deserve and deserve what they get. Reading an interview with Marc Headley at Wikinews reminded me of one important exception to that rule. Marc was sucked into Scientology at [...]
Bad-boy grandpa Willie Nelson was arrested for drug possession on Friday. The singer had spent Thanksgiving in California and was on his way back to Austin in his bio-diesel tour bus, the Honeysuckle Rose. Unfortunately, Willie and crew had the poor judgment to drive through a United States Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca. The [...]
The Center for Responsive Politics doesn’t intentionally provide investment advice, but a report they issued this week is nonetheless a useful guide for stock market investors. Their report on the personal finances of our Congresspeople shows in which companies these Senators and Congressman have invested their money. As the success of a company these days [...]
By any standard, Karl Rove is a very smart guy. Even his enemies agree that he is brilliant. During a recent interview with the clueless Katie Couric, Rove stated what I believe will define the next two years of American politics: “Let’s not kid ourselves, the Republicans are on probation. That’s why they’ve got to [...]
Many global new outlets recently published high-level reports of a letter from a group of prominent Chinese elders to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. The letter admonishes the current Chinese leadership for it’s “false democracy” and it’s censorship of almost every act of free speech. Characteristically, none of the major news outlets [...]
