Category: Reflections

I’ve heard people say that the only way to achieve a truly free society is to let things get so bad that they finally get …

The Bureau of Economic Analysis web- site defines “disposable income” as “total personal income minus personal current taxes.” As of this writing, both the Senate …

On December 25 tragedy was averted when a gang of passengers took down the underwear bomber before their plane landed at Detroit Metro Airport. While …

One of the reasons you should read foreign news sources is to track what American politicians say and do when they feel somewhat shielded from …

As Obama finishes his first year in office, we ought to pause and acknowledge his success as a big spender. Indeed, he is the all-time …

It was synchronicity that, weeks before UN Global Climate Summit in Copenhagen, news broke that scientists influential in the I I climate change” (formerly the”global …

I watched Obama’s much-anticipated speech at the West Point Military Academy with great interest. It was not the content that fascinated me; most of the …

The failed attempt of a Nigerian wannabe jihaddist to detonate a bomb aboard an air- plane brings many questions. Since none of them were even …

The human brain, they tell us, evolved over millions of years of beings living in small, hunter- gatherer bands. Groups of individuals who learned to …

A few Norwegians on the Nobel Prize for Peace committee decided to give President Obama an award, the nominations for which concluded when he had …