Our Mission in Iraq

Can we finish our mission in Iraq? Or do we need to withdraw? It all depends on what the meaning of the word “mission” is. If our mission was to remove Saddam Hussein from power, then we’re done. If our mission was to remove Saddam Hussein and...

Jobs Come and Go

In 1970, the telecommunications industry employed 421,000 switchboard operators. In the same year, Americans made 9.8 billion long distance calls. Today, the telecommunications industry employs only 78,000 operators. That’s a tremendous 80 percent job loss. What...

Random Thoughts for November 2003

Random thoughts on the passing scene: Impractical men especially need to get married. The problem is that practical women may have better sense than to marry them. I hate old has-been hotels, stuffy over their former glory and usually inefficient. A careful definition...

Just Anti-Social

We’ve loaded him with a lot of taxes And rules and codes but there’s something funny; In spite of the way his burden waxes The son-of-a-gun is making money! Whenever he’s given a boost to trade We’ve taken an extra tribute off it, But still the...

GOP Renews Era of Big Government

With zero time remaining, the bill to expand Medicare had been short by two votes — yet, long after the clock had stopped, the Republican leadership maneuvered to change key conservative votes. Later, Rep. Butch Otter, R-Idaho, pleaded to the Associated Press:...

Why Voters Like Gridlock

On Jan. 23, 1996, Bill Clinton told the nation, “The era of big government is over.” If so, it sure didn’t last very long. Today, the era of big government is back with a vengeance, ushered in by a massive new prescription drug entitlement, a...

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