During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
It’s 1:30am and there’s a knock at your door. What do you do? If you’re like me (or any other 2nd Amendment abiding citizen) you cautiously approach your door with gun at the ready. Now before you go thinking I’m some crazed gun nut, let’s look at the facts. It’s 1:30 in the morning, and … Read more »
Between the cover letters, resumes, applications and interviews, applying for a new job, and even college at that, can be a nerve-racking, anxiety-inducing experience. Worried about your future, you’re doing everything in your power to say the right answer, do the right thing and overall NOT blow this opportunity. Everything’s going great when something suddenly … Read more »
Who owns you? It’s a fairly simple question, and yet, for some it’s difficult to answer. Do you own yourself? Does the State? I just read a piece in the New York Times titled Let’s Draft Our Kids. In it, the author mentions that General Stanley McChrystal has called for the reinstatement of the draft. … Read more »
The Austin police department has managed to successfully stop the next Unabomber. Or so they’d like you to think. Delusions of grandeur hide the reality: That Joe Del Rio was evicted from his home by the city of Austin, and was billed for $90,000 worth of concrete that the city pumped into his basement. Del … Read more »
At a time when America desperately needs to come together, we are becoming more divided than ever. The mainstream media and most of our politicians love to pit us against one another in dozens of different ways, and right now class warfare has become one of their favorite tools for getting us to hate one … Read more »
Did you play “doctor” as a child? I really don’t recall doing so, but there are many who did. Apparently, that can get you charged with a felony today. So found out a 7 year old Madison boy, who played the doctor when he was 6. He’s being charged with first degree sexual assault, which … Read more »
Are you a smoker? Do you like smoking? If you answered yes, you’d better be prepared to change your tune. Let me explain why. Sky News reports: The cost of a packet of cigarettes in New Zealand could rise to as much as $100 dollars – around £50 – by 2020 amid moves to stamp … Read more »
There has been no society in the history of the world that has ever been 100% safe. No matter how much money the federal government spends on “homeland security”, the truth is that bad things will still happen. Our world is a very dangerous place and it is becoming increasingly unstable. The federal government could … Read more »
For those waiting for our economic problems to be solved, you can quit holding your breath. There is simply not going to be a solution to our economic problems on the national level. So why is that the case? Well, it is because the economic policies of both major political parties are very, very similar … Read more »
Just what in the world is the US government up to lately? First, there was the NDAA (the feds can indefinitely detain you merely on the suspicion of terrorism). Then there was SOPA/PIPA (the feds want to shut down the internet). By the way, they are bringing this one back in the form of CISPA (which further violates … Read more »
Here we go playing the cat and mouse game again. Republicans want desperately to make themselves seem like anything but Democrat-lite, and they are failing miserably. Laurence M. Vance notes in Key Elements to a Successful Federal Budget: Yet another federal budget charade is now in progress. This time for fiscal year 2013, which begins on October 1, … Read more »
Here’s and interesting thought/question: Does the minimum wage lead to a zero wage? Steve Chapman writes on reason.com that “It would be nice if every worker were worth $9.80 an hour. But not all workers are.” Unemployment remains high; job growth is sluggish; and millions of Americans have given up hope of ever finding work. … Read more »