On: 10/09/2008 13:05:31 In: Government Transparency The State Senate of Illinois has taken a good first half step towards banning the notoriously corrupt practice of “pay-to-play.” Under pay-to-play, unethical officeholders hand out lucrative state contracts to their political cronies — who, in turn hand back hefty campaign […]

On: 10/08/2008 17:18:17 In: Government Transparency

On: 10/08/2008 11:50:09 In: Fiscal Responsibility By HOWARD RICH There are many ironies associated with “Ronald Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment,” but perhaps the greatest irony of all is that this outdated Republican Party maxim didn’t originate with the Gipper. Those famous words “Thou shalt not speak ill of […]

On: 10/07/2008 14:43:26 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Big Government has once again proven that it really believes that tax dollars belong to them and not the taxpayers they “appropriate” the funds from. The New York State Assembly is reticent to take up a measure to cut the Empire State’s gas tax by 32 cents per gallon from Memorial Day weekend to Labor […]

On: 10/06/2008 13:17:25 In: Energy Crisis, Global Warming Fraud, and the Environment Lest anyone think high energy prices are because the world has completely maximized its production of fuel while demand continues to grow, it is clear that in the Land of Opportunity, the American people are missing opportunity after opportunity to bring […]

On: 09/30/2008 12:17:02 In: First Amendment Rube Goldberg would be proud. When campaign finance “reform” was enacted in 2001, it was under the guise of “cleaning” up the political system by getting the “dirty” money out of politics. The “reform’s” greatest proponent, Senator John McCain (R-AZ), made […]

On: 09/23/2008 17:26:21 In: Big Labor As reported by ALG News , Governor Linda Lingle has vetoed the Hawaii legislature’s “streamlined” union certification bill that would eliminate secret ballot elections. And her veto has the very legislators who voted for it headed for the hills. Even though the bill was passed by […]

On: 07/30/2008 12:15:49 In: Monetary Policy As the prices of food and energy continue to rise globally and the dollar remains weak, the presidential candidates appear to be haplessly ignoring any practicable solutions which would strengthen the dollar and bring the prices of commodities down, leaving Americans […]

On: 07/20/2008 17:32:43 In: Fiscal Responsibility In the 19th century, the phrase “pipe dream” was used to describe the “visions” opium smokers experienced while under the influence. Today, it is equally appropriate to use it in reference to Big Government advocates, who must be smoking something to […]

On: 07/20/2008 14:34:03 In: Fiscal Responsibility What would you do if you were swimming, and suddenly you were swept under the waves? You’d probably try to swim back to the surface.In H.G. Wells’ classic story, “In the Abyss,” Elstead, a sailor, is the pilot of an experimental, spherical vehicle that […]