According to some estimates, there are more than 100 million traffic signals in the U.S., but whatever the number, how many of us would like Washington, in the name of public health and safety, to be…
Category: editorials
Ron Hart: 23 and Me — And Increasingly, the Government
We now have a government in Washington that feels it is in charge of everything, yet responsible for nothing.
When our government is not in charge of something, it inserts itself into the enterpri…
Our View – Dec. 7, 2013: Courthouse belongs in East Milton
Numbers are thrown around
a lot in government. A million
here, a million there … $65,000
paid for this study or that
proposal.
We are desensitized to the big
numbers, like a kid pla…
Four Branches of Government, explained
Before I begin I want to say I think everybody needs to read the U.S. Constitution in a encyclopedia to help them understand the powers of each branch of government. Then they need to read the actual…
Walter Williams: Congressionally Duped Americans
Last week's column, "Is There a Way Out?" generated quite a few responses, some a bit angry. Some people were offended by my reference to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements or handouts. The…
Guest Editorial – Listening is key
As human beings, we have a basic need to have someone listen when we talk. We yearn to be heard. When someone hears us, we have completed a circuit. We reached out, and someone was there.
When no …
Loving and Hating America
As I've documented in the past, many leftist teachers teach our youngsters to hate our country. For example, University of Hawaii Professor Haunani-Kay Trask counseled her students, "We need to think…
ObamaCare Epic Failure: Next They'll Want to Do Your Knee Surgery
As ObamaCare apologists scramble, this unprecedented commandeering of 1/7th of our economy lumbers on. Only central command-and-control, Democrat progressives could come up with a healthcare plan tha…
Obama Foreign Policy: Credibility Lost Is Seldom Regained
With all the mistakes made on domestic issues like the economy, ObamaCare, unleashing the IRS on political opponents, rampant regulations, deficit spending, etc., we forget Obama’s disastrous foreign…
Democrat Socialist Takeover?
"The end justifies the means" is a phrase often used through out history by democrats. What that phrase means is no action is out of bounds to achieve the wanted result. These same people believe in …