If the U.S. Congress fails to act before 1 January, as is almost certain, an estate tax will be assessed on Americans who are unlucky enough to die in 2011. The death tax will have a $1M exemption and a 55% top rate. $1M may seem like a lot, when you think in terms of cash. However, this is a truly...

President Obama recently wrote in glowing terms about “Islam’s role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.” This must cause any rational and educated person to question either the integrity or the education of the Mr. Obama. Let’s look at...

President Obama criticized Congressional Republicans on Saturday for refusing to support yet another debt being loaded onto future generations of Americans. The President whined “If this obstruction continues, unemployed Americans will see their benefits stop. Teachers and firefighters will lose...

As an NRA life member, it is difficult for me to concede that characterizations of the NRA as incompetent and self-serving are charitable and that the reality may be much worse. The NRA operated for many years as a bulwark of American freedom, focusing mainly on protecting the Second Amendment from...

During a speaking engagement at Columbia University, the President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was asked the question, “Iranian women are now denied basic human rights and your government has imposed draconian punishments including execution on Iranian citizens who are homosexuals. Why are...

Goldman Sachs, AIG, and other large Wall Street firms have been contributing massive amounts of money to the Democratic Party, including President Obama and most of the senior leaders in the Senate and the House.  Until recently, it was believed that the purpose of these contributions was to prevent...

The DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) plunged 7.9% in May, it’s largest monthly decline in over a year. The S&P 500 fell by an even greater amount in May, 8.2%. This is the worst May decline for the S&P 500 since 1962. Stock prices are being depressed due to concerns over federal...