In many ways, America is like a collection of 50 mini nations that compete against each other to woo business to their state. Steve Malanga in City Journal focuses on California, a state that has increased the cost of doing business within its borders through onerous labour and environmental regulations that frighten business owners [...]
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The term “pro choice” has such an antiseptic sound to it. Does it mean I like fancy steak? Or does it mean support a wide array of political alternatives? Let’s cut to the chase. It means that you want abortion to be legal. It does not mean that you should have the freedom to [...]
When I was a child, I used to count license plates as my parents drove with us in the family station wagon to various vacation destinations. My goal was to spot as many out of state plates as possible. Today, as a pedestrian, I like to count the number of people I pass who [...]
Nazis and Communists are presented as polar opposites on the political spectrum. “Occupy Wall Street” has been another moment of truth in which the underlying similarities of class hatred and racial hatred are brought into clear focus. The Gateway Pundit has quoted the American Communist Party and the American Nazi Party voicing markedly similar sentiments [...]
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg predicted riots comparable to those that have swept the Arab world, The Daily News has reported. During a question and answer period on WOR radio, Bloomberg said as follows. “We have a lot of kids graduating college, can’t find jobs. That’s what happened in Cairo. That’s what happened [...]
One in six Americans is now living below the poverty line, according to Yahoo News. Unemployment is hovering in the double digit range, and African American unemployment is around twice that. Over 49 million Americans are without health insurance, Additionally, recipients of unemployment food stamps are an increasing portion of the population. An advantage [...]
In most of the world, “Labour Day” as a September holiday is unknown. Only in America is the first Monday in September celebrated as “Labor Day“. May 1st is historically a holiday declared in honour of workers and labour rights. Although May Day started in The United States, its observance in the US is [...]
There is a type of Democrat that existed when I was a child that is barely acknowledged today. My mother was such a Democrat. Although she called herself an independent, her voting fit a precise pattern. In local elections, she voted Republican most of the time, because of the Reputation Republicans had in Massachusetts [...]
The United States government and people got a rude wake up call from Standard and Poors on Friday, with an unprecedented drop in the nation’s credit rating from AAA to AA+. Buried in the report was the sobering news that the credit rating could be droped yet further, and that Standard and Poors did [...]
The Obama administration’s effort to create jobs and to jump start the economy has not met with success. There has been no reduction in unemployment. Additionally, there has been a massive increase in the national deficit to levels that worries economists. The Obama administration’s efforts are driven by the fundamental misconception that it [...]
