Editors Picks

Atlas Shrugged Part I (A review)

In summary, rushed.

It is kind of amazing that after having the rights for twenty years or so for a book that is 1000+ pages the movie really seems rushed.

The overall movie seemed to jump from scene to scene trying to get through the story but not really settling in on the main plot.   I [...]

Turning Budget Battle Lemons into Lemonade

The budget battle has shown weakness in the GOP leadership.  It has shown they cannot negotiate under the barrage from the left and the mainstream media.  They won elections stating they would get control of the budget.  That they would start by cutting 100 billion from the 2001 budget.   Then it turned into a [...]

Immigration ought not be about proximity

I want to go a different direction. Why has illegal immigration not been fixed?

The answer is two-fold and in both parties: Corporate crony-ism and votes. Corporations want cheap labor and political parties want votes.  People would not vote for higher prices and percieved “racism”.  Therefore, politicians have no reason to fix the problem… or should I say “had” [...]