Secrecy is a Losing Ploy
Not many people want to be accused of acting like Bill Clinton. When campaign rival John McCain compared George W. Bush to Clinton in a South Carolina television…
Category: Liberalism and Conservatism
Is the Era of Big Government Coming Back? — February 2002
Is the Era of Big Government Coming Back? ID Cards Coming in the Back Door? Having had to retreat from legislative attempts to establish a national ID…
Where Do Politicians Go In Their Afterlife?
Where do politicians go after they leave office? Politicians and their staffs usually have career planning on their radar screen.
Why The Democrats Won
I am ruling out a tax increase, the new Governor of debt-ridden New Jersey declared the day after his election. He said he is embarking on an agonizing…
Disease Attacks On Americans
The anthrax scare has made Americans suddenly and acutely very disease conscious. Until a few weeks ago, most Americans had never heard of anthrax, and worries about smallpox…
Follow The Money On Vaccines
It isn't often that a Governor vetoes a bill that was passed unanimously by both Houses of the State Legislature. It reminds us of the old saying of…
NEA Goals, Spin, and Concealment — August 2001
NEA Goals, Spin, and Concealment You’ve got to hand it to the National Education Association. The NEA’s press people and spin artists know how to manipulate the…
Humans vs. Fish at Klamath Falls
Are you for humans or for suckerfish? That's the issue in Klamath Falls, Oregon, where armed U.S. federal marshals are guarding the irrigation canal gates to keep the…
Campaign To Tune Out Channel One
A broad coalition of companies, organizations and activists, ranging from Focus on the Family to Ralph Nader, have kicked off a campaign to stop Primedia's Channel One from…
Kyoto = Kick the United States
The anti-Bush brigade in the United States and abroad has coalesced around the Kyoto Protocol, thinking it is a neat hammer with which to hit our President. They…