Month: January 2015

Why We’re Not Norway

There is a very simple answer for these questions. The answer to all of them is “conservatives.” Why would anyone oppose national healthcare? Why are top chief executives paid 300 to 400 times as much as an average...

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Beyond Boxer

Senator Barbara Boxer announcement that she will not be a candidate for reelection in 2016 wasn’t more or less expected.  She was first elected to the Senate in 1992, replacing the then retiring Senator Alan Cranston,...

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Casual Observation

In France, they had the largest public demonstration in their nation’s history today. In America, Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin had its highest ever attendance for a football game.

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I’m Prejudiced Like That

I don’t have a problem with billionaires being billionaires, although I think they should be taxed in a way that makes them somewhat less rich billionaires and I don’t think they should be able to pass the...

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Parisians Unite, Politicians Stay in Background

The citizens of French capital city Paris have shown remarkable unison putting all national and international politicians in the shadows. That is the correct relationship as the global leadership has failed after the 9/11...

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