The New York City Council is set to approve an ordinance mandating that businesses within its jurisdiction provide paid sick days for over a million workers and unpaid sick days for an additional 300,000.  Mayor Bloomberg, in a rare moment of sanity, indicated that he… Read full post »

Well, Folks, it’s another beautiful winter’s day in Phoenix Arizona.  This is where us traditionalists relish our distance from the East Coast in general and specifically the 2,302 road miles between us and the District of Colombia. 

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Once there was a Mr. L and a Mr. C.  Mr. C believed that all national social welfare entitlement programs were unconstitutional.  Mr. L believed that the virtue of America was significantly vested in its treatment of the unfortunate, indigent, d/… Read full post »

It’s certainly no surprise to hear calls for gun control after the tragedy in Aurora, Colorado. 

• Such is the thinking of those who view the death of Trayvon Martin as a racial incident, as if he would not have been shot had he attacked a black/
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One can usually tell when the serious campaigning for any elective office begins.  At that point, seriousness disappears.  Serious comments on serious issues are replaced by negative comments about the personal characteristics of the opposition. 

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Greece’s recent ‘do over’ parliamentary elections indicate that its citizens have been scared into some common sense, at least temporarily.  Pro-bailout forces appear to have wo/… Read full post »

 Josh,  

It was good to chat with you last night.  

It is difficult for Mitt Romney to find supporters on most university campuses.  One might believe that such would not be the case at venues that frequently trumpet the virtues of diversity.  However, the liberal variety promoted at these institutions is often restricted to gend… Read full post »

An event of great importance, but of little note, occurred yesterday.  Student loan debt in America surpassed the $1 trillion mark. 

This makes student loan debt larger than the aggregate of all credit card debt in America.  The most popul/… Read full post »

Japan’s combined corporate tax rate dropped from 39.5% to 38.01% yesterday (Sunday, April 01, 2012).  Sadly, this is not an April fool’s joke. 

In fact, Japan’s action has serious consequences for America.  This is because/… Read full post »

There is no doubt that the death of Trayvon Martin is tragic. 

He might have been a school-suspended, dope selling, grid-flashing wannabe gangbanger, as well as a hooded football athlete on a snack run, who initiated violence against a unfit, 9… Read full post »

On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court (“USSC”) will consider a third aspect of the individual mandate of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).  The ‘individual mandate’ is the common shorthand reference to… Read full post »

On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court (“USSC”) will consider a second aspect of the individual mandate of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).  The ‘individual mandate’ is the common shorthand reference to… Read full post »

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court (“USSC”) will consider one aspect of the individual mandate of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).  The ‘individual mandate’ is the common shorthand reference to the re… Read full post »

This coming Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear six hours of arguments regarding the constitutionality of what is accurately called ‘Obamacare’*.  This alone is noteworthy since the USSC normally allows only half/… Read full post »

One doesn’t have to walk far these days to find hypocrisy.  This is particularly true if the path being taken includes an amble down Political Street. 

Rod returning bribe while saying,

"It's not enough."

In the deafening silence of OS today on… Read full post »

 

In the context that Israel won't warn America before it strikes Iran, one can imagine the phone call between our President and their Prime Minister shortly after things start to go wrong for the Jewish State. 

"Mr. President, the Prime Minister of Israel is on t… Read full post »

Woman asking government representative with whom she has to sleep to get out of the country  

After 10 months of paperwork, certificates, and haggling with bureaucrats, an online store for olive oil-based products opens in Greece.

Among the requirements were chest X-rays… Read full post »