Politics
2 practical reasons for Republicans to oppose new taxes
The heat is on. The liberal power structure is screaming for Republicans to go along with tax increases on the rich. There are two practical reasons they should demur:
Read MoreThe gray haired men in Rome
My liberal Catholic friend intoned, “I don’t want a bunch of gray-haired men in Rome telling women what to do with their bodies.”
She speaks for million of Catholic and non-Catholic women. For that matter, she speaks for millions of Catholic and non-Catholic men …
How to understand the nonsense of Obamanomics in 3 seconds
The high cost of regulations
Republicans and Democrats believe in the necessity of government regulation. Few Americans deny that government at various levels has a role to play in keeping the free marketplace honest. The debate always comes down to where do you draw the line? Democrats tend to believe we need more regulation, and Republicans less.
Read MoreWhat would Lincoln do?
We are being told it’s time to liberalize abortion laws and have taxpayers pay for them, that God made the pre-born unequal just as Democrats of yesterday claimed He made the slave unequal.
Read MoreA scary cult
By Tom Quiner The Obama cult scares me. Academy award-winning actor, Jamie Foxx, appeared on the Soul Train Awards and fanned the flames of Obama adulation with this line: “First of all, give an honor to God and our lord and savior Barack Obama. Barack Obama.” America is in decline under Mr. Obama’s leadership. But…
Read MoreThe Media’s contraception collusion
“My generation thinks Romney and the Republicans are wrong on women’s issues.” The thirty-something woman who said this to me over Thanksgiving voted for Mr. Romney. I tried to clarify what she meant by “women’s issues.”
Read MoreBlack Friday
A liberal friend ranted on Facebook this morning: “Corporate greed is wrecking Thanksgiving for so many low wage retail workers & for consumers who feel pressure to shop for the crazy “bargains”. It’s a serious bummer.”
Read MoreTraditional marriage is very good
By Tom Quiner G.K. Chesterton clearly explains what’s going on: “If you hear a thing being accused of being too tall and too short, too red and too green, too bad in one way and too bad also in the opposite way, then you may be sure that it is very good.”
Read MoreWhy more people will lose jobs in Obama’s second term
Obamacare adds a cost of $1.79 per hour per employee for small business owners. If you employ rocket scientists who earn $200,000 per year, it’s not as big a deal as if you employ folks who make pizza for you earning $10 per hour. If the employer chooses not pay for health insurance, they will be fined. But the fine only costs them 98¢ per hour per employee, which makes this approach more economically feasible …
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