Category: Reflections

The Winter Olympics recently finished in Vancouver. Every day, there were thousands and thousands of very drunk people in the streets, singing “O Canada!”, doing …

Recently, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that future federal transit grants would focus on “livability.” Beneath the rhetoric is LaHood’s decision to eliminate the only …

I met with a government minister on my last visit to Haiti— I believe he’s now their ambassador to the United Nations. As you know, …

With all the recent animosity against CEOs making multimillion dollar sala- ries, you would think that CEOs are all outrageously over- paid. I think this …

Under Comrade Obama and his Red Congress, Big Labor has seen its political power and rent-seeking capacity reach astronomical heights. From granting it the act …

I confess to receiving Social Security and Medicare and being a plausible candidate for a “death squad.” I might make excuses for myself, but why …

Here’s another reason to cheer Sarah Palin’s humiliation in the CPAC straw poll at the hands of Ron Paul. No doubt, Palin’s questioners at Fox …

Driving home from work recently, I noticed a new sign by a road on my route. It’s one of those small metal signs that from …

I think it was inevitable, from a number of points of view, that the euro would sooner or later burst apart at the seams. The …

In the February 23 issue of the Huffington Post is an article by “actress/singer/composer/ activist” Barbra Streisand. It’s called “Elections Should Be Won — Not …