Moss: The GOP Betrayal of the Middle Class
by Richard Moss, M.D. When one ponders the treachery of Republicans in the aftermath of the recent stolen election, one wonders what purpose they serve? It was dormant Republican-controlled state legislatures in many of the “battleground” states, after all, that allowed the changes in election law, perpetrated by scurrilous Democrats and their lawyers that led to the Read the full article…
Franke: The Blessings of a Fixed Income
by Mark Franke One thing we geezers, I mean senior citizens, are not so lovingly known for is constantly whining, I mean commenting, about being on a fixed income. Every time the price of gas goes up at the pump or groceries seem to cost more at checkout, an irritating choir of voices is heard Read the full article…
Schansberg: ‘Please Stop Helping Us’
Jason Riley’s Please Stop Helping Us is a good introduction to the ways in which government has harmed the poor in general and African-Americans in particular. He describes his broad concerns, but also devotes chapters to many of the most relevant public policies: welfare, crime, minimum wage, K-12 education and Affirmative Action. Riley puts a lot Read the full article…
Morris: The Citizenship Question Expanded
by Leo Morris Is U.S. citizenship still worth something? That is such a grimly disheartening question because of where it came from. I did not hear it from the usual “America is awful” crowd, the people who either think the republic always was and always will be an oppressive blight on the face of the Read the full article…
The Outstater
YOU REALIZE NOW that it can be considered seditious, if not an outright admission of domestic terrorism leading to insurrection, to ask whether the 2020 presidential election was “stolen.” Are you allowed, though, to ask whether future elections might be stolen? Good question, for without a thorough forensic examination of this last election we can Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
I TELL THE STORY A LOT but events keep making it more applicable, the latest being the Indianapolis crime spike and the mayor’s pathetic response. The San Francisco earthquake of 1989 caused 63 deaths, 3,800 injuries, and an estimated $6 billion in damage. A film crew happened on a policeman picking his way down a rubble-filled street. He was yelling up Read the full article…
