February 22, 2012

The Endless Party of the Party-Master-in-Chief

The streets of New Orleans have grown quiet as Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) has passed into Ash Wednesday.  Theoretically, those revelers from Tuesday all woke, a bit bleary, on Wednesday and marched off to church to mark the beginning of Lent, a se...

September 12, 2011

Techniques for Untruth

As the 2012 election season lurches into full activity and the presidential darling of 2008 looks increasingly beatable, members of the Obama campaign team, also known as the mainstream press, realize there's much work to do keeping their man in the ...

July 5, 2011

Governor Dayton, What's Your Motivation?

Travel to the northern end of Interstate 35 today, and you'll encounter a land where state government has largely closed down.  To hear the mainstream media describe the situation, Governor Mark Dayton, a Democrat, peered at a bloated and busted...

March 28, 2011

The Bias They Can't See: The NPR Set's Lack of Self-Awareness

"Some of my best friends are conservatives." That seems to be the attitude expressed by those within NPR who claim that the taxpayer-funded network is not liberal. These people deny their own liberal bias just as vehemently as "respect...

March 19, 2011

We Are the Dead: The Progressive Legacy of World War I

Recently, Frank Buckles, the last living veteran of that war died at age 110. When the President decreed that all American flags should fly at half-staff on Tuesday in memory of that veteran, he got something right. Of course, honoring a 110-year-old...

February 1, 2011

Bloomberg's Gun Show Sting: Off Target as Usual

When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to get tough on crime in the Big Apple, where does he turn? Naturally, he goes to Arizona. We learn this from an ABC News report about an undercover investigation at an Arizona gun show. This report om...

December 29, 2010

Murder or Mediocrity in the Cathedral: Thomas à Becket's Medieval Lesson for Today

On December 29, 1170, four knights, servants of England's King Henry II, stormed into Canterbury Cathedral and cut down Thomas à Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury.  The knights explained their action as a response to the king, who had ...

December 24, 2010

What's My Motivation? The Arguments for Immigration Reform

A hailstorm brought the useful life of my mother's roof to an end this summer.  An acquaintance of mine came to the house, gave Mom a bid, and left with a deposit check.  When his crew arrived a few days later, their appearance shocked my m...

December 18, 2010

Why Did Teddy Roosevelt Support the Death Tax?

What's so awful about the "death tax"? If you were to listen to various tax devotees, such as Michael Graetz, co-author of Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight Over Taxing Inherited Wealth, you would think that present-day resentment of a ta...

November 24, 2010

Just Don't Fly: Where Might the TSA Take Us Next?

"Don't fly." That's Janet Napolitano's answer to those who oppose the regime of poke and grope that is today's Transportation Safety Agency. America is, after all, a land of choices. When you arrive at the airport, you can allow some comple...

October 25, 2010

How Public Is NPR's Funding?

De-fund NPR! In the wake of the firing of Juan Williams by National Public Radio, we've once again heard conservative voices issue that call. NPR representatives respond, as they always do when their dependence on government purse strings is noted, b...