Addendum: If there ever was a clear example of why we should not legalize Marijuana due to how it destroys lives, Jared Loughner is that example. A quiet, talented gentle kid turned into a delusional pot head, who then turned into a mass murderer. Having seen how drugs can destroy people up close and first […]

We are all stunned and saddened by the madness that played out in Tuvson yesterday. Some of us started researching the insane postings of the shooter as the news broke yesterday and we quickly realized he was a very disturbed individual. He listed as favorite readings The Communist Manifesto and Mein Kampf. One thing is […]

Holiday seasons are notoriously bad times to sample long term trends. If you want to measure productivity don’t do it on a short work week – especially if it is normal for people to take off early the last work day. Between Thanksgiving and Christmas people are usually at their most optimistic or pessimistic (depending […]

Call it the John Edwards brand of sleazy science combined with sleazy law. It is the method by which unscrupulous lawyers and scientists coordinate to make millions of dollars in complex lawsuits in front of juries who don’t have the education and training to sit in judgment: In 1985, Edwards represented a five-year-old child born […]

01/12/11 is going to be an interesting date for America. It will be on this day (next Wednesday) that the GOP led House will have a vote on repealing Obamacare. House Republicans have set Jan. 12 as their day to vote on a repeal of President Obama’s health-care law, after a midterm election in which […]

This is where the road of liberalism ends – Hungary, Poland, and three other nations take over citizens’ pension money to make up government budget shortfalls. People’s retirement savings are a convenient source of revenue for governments that don’t want to reduce spending or make privatizations. As most pension schemes in Europe are organised by […]

[Many more wonderful New Year graphics can be found here] Welcome to 2011 and 1/1/11 – one of those rare dates you get to use only once a century. As the date reflects we have a rare opportunity this year to pick a new path for the country. The liberals will continue to pretend they […]