The Critics of the Tea Party

by | Nov 30, 2011 | POLITICS

The Tea Party has certainly attracted its share of criticism. Many of those criticisms do not merit a response. However, an organization called the Constitutional Accountability Center issued a brief titled Setting the Record Straight: The Tea Party and the...

Euro and the Dollar: Whose Fuse is Shorter?

by | Nov 23, 2011 | Investing

With fiscal time bombs ticking in both Europe and the United States, the pertinent question for now seems to be which will explode first. For much of the past few months it looked as if Europe was set to blow. But Angela Merkel’s refusal to support a Federal...

Your Doctor is Rude? Maybe this is Why

by | Nov 21, 2011 | POLITICS

According to Psychology Today Online, physician meltdown is on the rise. When surveyed by the American College of Physician Executives, one-third of health care facility administrators reported disruptive incidents among their physician colleagues at least once a...

Why the Holidays Are So Stressful For So Many

by | Nov 19, 2011 | POLITICS

“The holidays are coming. It’s a time of complete emotional stress.” To say this is considered a self-evident truth. But why is it true? I maintain that holidays, while perfectly fine and pleasant, are not necessary for happy people. Happy people...

The Mythical “Right to Healthcare”

by | Nov 18, 2011 | Healthcare

After fifty years of growing government programs, health care costs continue to rise. The U.S. government now controls nearly half of all health care dollars, and the crisis is becoming acute. The plans we are seeing from Washington are not innovations, but rather...

Obama's Kind of Immigrants

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Immigration

Newsmax.com reports: Illegal immigration costs Arizona $1.6 billion a year – a staggering 19 percent of the state’s budget – Gov. Jan Brewer said in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, adding that the Obama administration is turning a blind eye...

In Praise of Capitalist Inequality

by | Nov 14, 2011 | Taxation

The Occupy Wall Street protestors claim to want “economic justice.” But real economic justice doesn’t consist of looting others’ wealth, but respecting others’ right to keep what they’ve earned.