Editors Picks

Can someone define “Greed”?

I am trying to understand the current definition of  “greed”.   Let me see if I have this right.
Person A:  Works hard in school, goes to college (10k-15k per year) and attains a bachelors degree, takes and passes the Medical School entrance exams,  attends medical school for 4 years (25K-50k per year), works through their residency [...]

Global Climate Change… a needed reprint.

In Africa, drought continues for the sixth consecutive year, adding terribly to the toll of famine victims.  During 1972 record rains in parts of the U.S., Pakistan and Japan caused some of the worst flooding in centuries. In Canada’s wheat belt, a particularly warm and rainy spring has delayed planting and may well bring a [...]

A response on Healthcare

This post is in response to a well written article/post from an obviously more liberal point of view.   I recommend reading his thoughtful piece .  His few pages are closer to a good legislative framework then our Congress and White House have come to in 1000s of pages across 5 committees As you may or [...]

Liberalism is Evil [Special Edition]: Racism

Jimmy Carter open the door and now it is time to level the playing field.  “I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man,” Carter said.  Liberals everywhere are defending Carter but in so doing throwing him under the [...]

Dateline DC: Somewhere between 70,000 and 2 Million

Sounds like the accuracy of a government program?  But no, it is the estimates for the crowd that gathered in DC this week 9/12 in protest to expanding Federal government and an unsustainable slope curve on deficit spending.
I do not pretend to be an expert on counting crowds.  But I think a little common sense [...]

Understanding the lefts view of health care reform

It is often difficult to connect on these complex issues.   In many cases we start with different viewpoints and a belief that we are diametrically opposed.   In many cases these divisions are driven by the news media and politicians to make their points.    A friend posted a video he found compelling arguing for socialized [...]

Obama speaks to your children

There has been a lot of hype about President Obama’s planned speech to public school students.   Over the long weekend that fervor hit our social network.   The simple question was, “what is the big deal?”
The simple answer (the one the left could not hear) was not the fact that he wanted to speak but the [...]