August 30, 2024

What the Kennedys want

RFK Jr. made big news last week when he suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump.  There is a meaningful backdrop to this epiphany, as the DNC has been creative and highly driven to block RFK Jr.’s quest for the p...

March 8, 2019

Climate Change Theory: What's Wrong with it?

I can’t believe I’m still writing about climate change. I’d have stopped long ago were it not for persistent calls to blow up the U.S. economy in order to save the planet. The cult-like demand for action permeates every part of publ...

December 12, 2018

Crime and Innuendo

There is the fog of war, and apparently there is the fog of partisan politics, too.  A great Russian cloud of suspicion has been hanging over the head of President Trump.  Like a naval smokescreen, this cloud has allowed Democrati...

September 27, 2018

Don't let the other guy try to make you happy

The American Founders sought independence from England because they held that King George III had unreasonably infringed on their liberties.  As Jefferson wrote in the Declaration, the objective of rebellion against the king was recognition...

April 18, 2018

Saving the planet...even if it means setting yourself on fire

On April 14, a man set himself on fire in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.  His suicide was fired with fossil fuel, as was his stated intent in protest of climate change.  According to his suicide note, the man lamented, "My ear...

July 20, 2017

Obamacare forever

Repeal and replace Obamacare has gone down in flames.  Time to throw out the Republicans?  Better think twice on that one. Republican failure to make good on the promise to repeal and replace the ACA might be the fault of a few senators....