Category: Reflections

I have taken many graduate political science classes during my years in academia. In almost everyone, at one point or another, the professor posed a …

Some months back, Toyota was crucified in the mainstream media and in hearings before Congress (led primarily by representatives who had accepted campaign money from …

On May 23, I rejoiced to find that the Associated Press actually recognized that there might be some slight problem with the welfare state. It …

A spate of stories has begun to bring to light a scandal, one that could threaten the Obama presidency in a very direct way. Rep. …

Floyd Landis, the disgraced former Tour de France champion, made San Diego and nearby Temecula his home and training base for years. I live and …

A Reuters article claims that the Canadian Health Care system, once the pride of Western socialism, is facing financial collapse. Measures are being considered to …

Hearing the president and his friends rant against British Petroleum because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico reminds me of the justifiably …

You might think a nation so thoroughly identified with the surveillance state would want to downplay that association when they open themselves up to the …

The estate tax is unfair and counterproductive in several ways. Here I focus on only one of them. The Bush tax-cut laws made the estate …

What with massive oil spills, foreign countries near collapse because of excessive debt, possible high crimes and misdemeanors floating around, shaky stock markets and other …