Rand Paul’s dramatic Filibuster deserves both praise and criticism. First the (muted) criticism:  The hypothetical Senator Paul railed against, a President ordering up a drone fired missile to kill an American citizen, eating in a cafe or sleeping in his bed – in America – because he was “suspected” of terrorist associations, was too far [...]

The straw man is a logical fallacy, an attempt to appear to have won an argument by misrepresenting the opposing argument, or by knocking down an argument the opposition did not make.  President Obama is a devoted fan of straw men, having stood up and then batted down hundreds during his speeches and his recent [...]

…From the captivating Mrs. BoomerJeff: I have been struggling with losses from this economy for five years.  The California economy began to deteriorate, our small business began to struggle, and our retirement investments began to disappear in 2007.   That summer a wildfire roared through a huge area near our neighborhood leaving lots of black stubble [...]

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” July 4, 1776: Visionary men wrote radical ideas that altered the march of history. The Declaration of Independence We humbly suggest that part of [...]

President Obama’s standard campaign speech, already repeated to several audiences includes a new attack on millionaires: …we live in the real world, with real choices and real consequences. Right now, we’ve got significant deficits to close.  We’ve got serious investments to make to keep our economy growing.  And we can’t afford to keep spending more [...]

The Los Angeles times published an OpEd by Novelist Diana Wagman, titled “Liberals vs conservatives.” In it she describes neighbors who, before she learned their political views were… …the best neighbors in the world.  Always ready with a tool, an ingredient, or a jump-start for the car.  Whatever you need, if they have it, they [...]

Operation Desert Storm, the Gulf War began January 17, 1991.  Ten days later Whitney Houston thrilled America with an incomparable performance of the Star Spangled Banner to open Super Bowl XXV

Speaking from the floor of the United States Senate yesterday, Majority Leader Harry Reid resorted to an outright lie to sell his plan to increase tax rates on high income business owners and investors: Senate Republicans…oppose our plan [for] a tiny sur-tax on on a tiny fraction of America’s highet earners…Republicans call our plan a [...]

One would never know it from all the anguish expressed by the political-media establishment, but the Congressional Super Committee’s assignment is absurdly easy. This week the august Senators and Congressmen head into their final, dramatic days of deliberations.  Their assignment is to propose $1.2 trillion of “deficit reduction” over ten years, beginning 2013. In Washington [...]

Obama reprimands gullible believers who voted for misty “hope and change.” Speaking at a fundraiser in Chicago President Obama expressed frustration: When I said, ‘Change we can believe in,’ I didn’t say, ‘Change we can believe in tomorrow.’  Not, ‘Change we can believe in next week.’ We knew this was going to take time, because [...]