Posts under ‘Government’

Hardly anyone, it seems, has a problem with raising someone else’s taxes.

… I will fire the starting pistol. At that time, all African American and other minority runners will leave the starting blocks and begin their sprint. Once these runners have their head start, a second pistol shot will signal that non-minority runners may begin.

We often hear complaints about congressional “gridlock.” The congress, we are told, can’t get anything done. Time to set the record straight. When we think of gridlock, we think of traffic jams — streets clogged with bumper-to-bumper vehicles not moving. No one going anywhere, nothing getting done. That’s pretty much what we think of when someone […]

President George Bush The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President, Your Federal “Crime” bill now pending in the Congress contains a provision that would ban firearms clips and feeding devices with a capacity of more than 15 rounds. This is yet another attempt to ban “military-style” firearms. Clearly you […]

A free press is not some huge floodlight, illuminating everything so that a well-informed populace can make fully-informed decisions. Rather it is a series of spotlights, each wielded by a journalist or editor, each of whom has a point to make, each of whom wants you to draw certain conclusions. You can learn a lot about a journalist’s world-view by what they cover as well as how. (And by what they choose not to cover.)