The Social Security and Medicare Trustees have issued their annual reports detailing the financial state of America’s two largest programs. The reports echo past conclusions: Social Security and Medicare are still going bankrupt. According to the report, the combined (retirement…
Month: April 2020
A Timeless Warning from William F. Buckley, Jr.
How politically diverse is the Yale faculty today? According to an article by James Freeman in the Wall Street Journal: “0%.” He notes, “Nobody looks to the Ivy League for balanced political discourse. But a new report suggests that on at least…
Murder is Murder!
When slavery was prominent in America, a few said that it wasn’t murder to kill a black slave because “they actually weren’t people.” When Hitler and the Nazis began to execute Jews during WWII, they claimed it wasn’t really murder…
And Then There Were None
In 2008, Abby Johnson, the manager of the Bryan, Texas (100 miles from Houston) Planned Parenthood, became that organization’s Employee of the Year. By 2009, she quit for conscience’ sake. Why? That year, for the first time, she saw an…
Carbon Tax in a RINO Wrapper
While the left normally takes the blame for the climate change hoax, there are many Republicans also chomping at the bit to screw taxpayers out of their hard earned money. Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman…
America “the Evil Empire”?
Movie director Oliver Stone told the television program Russia Today that America is now “the evil empire.” This is in reference to President Reagan’s famous remark in the mid-1980s that the Soviet Union was “the evil empire.” Reagan got a lot of flak from…
It Ain’t Over Til The Fat Lady Sings
“It does not take a majority to prevail…but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men.” Samuel Adams In his article, It Is Not Over, Chuck Baldwin writes that everywhere he…
How Can We Have Two Systems of Justice in This Country?
There should not be two standards of justice in this nation—a slap on the wrist for the politically correct who do wrong, while Gen. Michael Flynn’s whole life has been upended for allegedly lying to the FBI. Flynn has lost…
Matter Demands A Creator
Atheists contend that God is nonexistent and Agnostics allege that there is a very high probability that He does not exist. Theist, on the other hand, possess a rational belief that God exists and that anyone who genuinely pursues the truth, who follows the…
Enough Already!
After several months of non-stop media hysteria, a growing number of Americans are finally getting sick and tired of hearing about the dangers of Covid-19 and reminded about the precautions they must make. It is getting nauseating for every news…
Tired of Being Called A Racist Because You Are A White Southerner?
The left pushes a narrative that white southerners have a three century long monopoly on racism. The North, was of course, was this happy land of free thinking, benevolent, egalitarian, civic minded statesman fighting for equal rights and social justice.…
Almost-Socialism is Deadly, While Almost Capitalism Feeds the World
Perfection is unattainable. Ignore the fact that we disagree on the best way to live. If you want capitalism or if you want socialism, neither real system lives up to our ideals. Both will be imperfect. Your ideal system is…
Politicians Are Liars By Nature
“When regard for truth has been broken down or even slightly weakened all things will remain doubtful.” St. Augustine Politicians, as a general rule, view lies as legitimate political tools that strategically helps them to accomplish things they could never…
Coronavirus Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” – Origin unknown, popularized by Mark Twain As the world begins a second month of lockdown in response to the nightmare known as the coronavirus, it is essential to…
A Republic, If You Can Keep It!
The U.S. is an exceptional nation in world history that stands for limited government, separation of powers, the rule of law, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, the right to bear arms and the free-market economy, etc. These have long…