Posted on April 21, 2010
I’m talking about the $3 trillion pension gap faced collectively by the American states, the fact that Social Security liabilities now exceed inflows (the huge surplus was spent by the Feds- oops!) and staggering future liabilities in Medicare. The U.S. only collects enough money organically (via taxes) to cover less than a third of its outlays.
Posted on November 1, 2009
I have some great news for all of you pot heads out there: marijuana is safer than both alcohol and tobacco, as if you were unaware.
Tags: alcohol, Du Pont, ederal Bureau of Narcotics, Harry J. Anslinger, marijuana, pot, William Randolph Hearst
Posted on September 9, 2009
In the U.S. there are over 100,000 people on the waiting list for an organ. Eighty-thousand need a kidney and 15,000 a liver…
Tags: Al Gore, free-market, Henry Waxman, kidney, liver, National Organ Transplantation Act, organ trade, organ-trafficking, prohibition
Posted on February 22, 2009
The politics of fear rightly denounced by Barack Obama on the campaign trail have found a familiar home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Tags: Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, stimulus package
Posted on February 1, 2009
Two foreign wars, a crumbling global military empire, an economy teetering on the edge, and a looming entitlement crisis combine to create arguably the worst situation a new president has ever faced.
Tags: economic crisis, obama
Posted on December 3, 2008
Politicians need to immediately stop trying to plan, save, and stimulate the economy with their brilliant idea of spending more money.
Tags: Economy
Posted on November 2, 2008
Barring a dramatic shift in the political climate, Barack Obama will win on Tuesday.
Tags: election, obama
Posted on October 15, 2008
Secession is America’s founding principle and an essential liberty in any free nation.
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Alaska, Civil War, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary War, Sarah Palin, Secession
Posted on September 28, 2008
Just the other day my friend turned 21. I always thought the drinking age being 21 was absolutely ridiculous but seeing him make the transition changed my mind.
Tags: drinking age
Posted on September 11, 2008
If, as Laura Edwins hopes (The Battle for America), Barack Obama and his ideas are “the future of America” then I am deeply worried about our already bleak prospects.
Tags: Barack Obama