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Health Care Innovation: Where Are We Headed?

Thursday, 13 August 2009 8:29 A GMT-06
The engine of innovation depends upon the fuel of freedom. Innovation depends upon the freedom for individuals to experiment and reap the rewards of great ideas, if they succeed, but also to face the consequences of failure.  It also depends upo

Innovation and the DMV

Sunday, 19 July 2009 11:37 A GMT-06
Remember your last experience waiting in line for service at your local Department of Motor Vehicles? If your state is anything like the states I've lived in since learning to drive, you may have encountered a bureaucracy with people not overly e

Oil Speculators: A Handy Scapegoat for an Irresponsible Congress

Saturday, 5 July 2008 8:47 A GMT-06
Here's an article I strongly recommend: "Why Oil Speculators Are Your Friend" by Steve Maich in Macleans, June 25, 2008. It discusses the stabilizing impact that investment in oil futures has, and explains why Congress is misguided in b

Investment Risks in Ghana: Avoid Newmont Mines (Instead, Consider Kinross or Agnico-Eagle)

Wednesday, 21 May 2008 7:57 A GMT-06
Location is everything for those who invest in mining companies. If a company is operating in a Marxist state that might seize your assets or add punitive taxes on a whim, it's best to not invest. Venezuela just wiped out the value of several min

Scaling Up for More War: US Government Prepares for the Draft

Sunday, 24 December 2006 6:36 A GMT-06
The US Government is taking steps to prepare for bringing back the draft, according to a December 21 article from the Associated Press . I see this as a terribly disturbing sign, indicating that the Administration is intent on scaling up our military

Controversial Change in Leadership at the John Birch Society

Saturday, 21 January 2006 1:59 P GMT-06
An interesting new Web site, DonFoth.com, provides insights into the recent controversy surrounding leadership of the conservative organization, the John Birch Society. It is located in my town of Appleton, Wisconsin, where I personally know and resp

The Iraq Americans Are Dying Ror: Another Brutal Government?

Sunday, 25 December 2005 5:55 P GMT-06
We'd all like to think that Iraq is about to become a shining light of freedom and peace, made possible by the valiant efforts of our troops. I praise our brave and valiant troops, but there is a tragic reality about what they have been asked to figh

How Many Children's Books Atones for a Murder?

Tuesday, 13 December 2005 9:35 A GMT-06
NPR and other media outlets and Hollywood celebs are mourning over the execution of Tookie Williams, constantly reminding us that he was a great guy, a hero to children, because he wrote children's books. Sure, he never apologized for murders he was

Why Is Alaskan Oil Still Off Limits?

Sunday, 27 November 2005 5:37 P GMT-06
Given the high cost of energy and our insane dependence on oil from nations that hate us, it seems imperative that we better develop our own resources to become more independent. But radicals continue to oppose every proposal to advance our nation's

Martial Law Is the Answer - But What Is the Question?

Tuesday, 8 November 2005 7:12 A GMT-06
The Bush Administration has actually called for martial law in the event of an avian flu outbreak in the U.S. No thank, you, Mr. President - this is an issue for local government. But it does demonstrate the desire of the Bush Administration to conti

President Bush Suspends a Law to Give More Jobs in New Orleans to Illegal Immigrants

Sunday, 23 October 2005 1:40 P GMT-06
In a note for The New American entited "Reconstruction and Reconquista," William Grigg shows how the President has acted at the expense of American citizens to reward illegal immigrants by giving them jobs in New Orleans:Immediately followi

Remembering the Korean War -- and the Treason Behind It

Sunday, 23 October 2005 1:28 P GMT-06
The treason that caused Americans to die for nothing in fighting the no-win Korean War was still at play in Vietnam and undoubtedly in our day. Read the account of my father in Korea, and also the testimony of LtCol "Bud" Farrell, USAF, ret

New Orleans: An Environmentalist Disaster

Thursday, 20 October 2005 7:36 A GMT-06
David Schoenbrod's recent piece in the Wall Street Journal, "The Lawsuit That Sank New Orleans" (Sept. 26, 2005) reminds us of the high and even disastrous cost of radical environmentalism. He points out that the U.S. had long ago authorize

Bush's Accountant to Replace Alan Greenspan?

Wednesday, 12 October 2005 8:45 P GMT-06
White House sources today leaked information indicating that Jerry Kleinkopf, the CPA who has served as President Bush's tax accountant for the past 10 years, will be named to replace Alan Greenspan as Chair of the Federeal Reserve Bank when Greenspa

Bush Family Maid Named Secretary of Interior

Monday, 10 October 2005 10:32 P GMT-06
Maggie Turner, the housekeeper and maid of the George Bush family for many years, has just been named as the new Secretary of the Interior, replacing former Secretary Gale Norton who, according to White House officials, "just didn't have the kin

Able Danger: The Government's Cover Up

Thursday, 6 October 2005 6:40 A GMT-06
Americans should be outraged over information coming out on "Able Danger," the program that identified key 9-11 terrorists as threats to America long before 9-11 happened. Those who pointed out the danger were silenced, and now the Pentagon

Bureaucrats Blocking Progress in New Orleans

Sunday, 11 September 2005 12:38 P GMT-06
The Democratic regime in Louisiana is making it mighty hard for relief efforts to be effective. Here is one story reported at Hannity.com: Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005 11:52 p.m. EDT - Newsmax Gov. Kathleen Blanco's Bureaucrats Blocked Food and Water

America's Missing Leadership: We Aren't Ready for Disaster

Thursday, 1 September 2005 6:31 P GMT-06
The tragedy in New Orleans is overwhelming. It's compounded by the what strikes me as an embarrassing lack of leadership in this country. It was clear some time ago that New Orleans would be hit by a hurricane. It was also clear that there would be a

No Property Rights? Federal Government Claims Power to Seize Anything?

Sunday, 21 August 2005 10:36 P GMT-06
A recent letter from the US Dept. of the Treasury confirmed the Federal Government's belief that it has the legal power to seize almost any asset if there is a national emergency. Amazing. Seems like there is almost nothing left of American liberty a

America Betrayed: Able Danger

Saturday, 20 August 2005 9:40 P GMT-06
Long before 9/11, Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer tried to tell the FBI about the terrorism threat posed by four of the Al Qaeda agents behind that dreadful attack. He was ignored. A mountain of evidence obtained under a special project, "Able Danger,&quo

Dept. of Interior Favoritism for Lesbian, Gay and Transgender Businesses?

Sunday, 14 August 2005 9:19 P GMT-06
According to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, the Dept. of the Interior under the Bush Administration has made an agreement with the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) favoring "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transg

More Border Betrayal by the Bush Administration

Sunday, 19 June 2005 10:17 P GMT-06
Our Government has, in effect, ordered the Border Patrol to let a lot of illegal aliens through for political reasons - a grotesque betrayal of their responsibility.

I Hereby Declare Myself an African Dictator: Can I Get Debt Relief, Too?

Tuesday, 14 June 2005 6:20 P GMT-06
Bush is giving $40 billion of debt relief to prop up the dictators of Africa - now what about me?

CAFTA: A Threat to US Sovereignty and Our Economy

Sunday, 12 June 2005 9:51 A GMT-06
Stop CAFTA!

Helping Criminals and Enemies: When Does It Become Treason?

Monday, 30 May 2005 6:45 A GMT-06
The Federal Government of the US is so "nice" that it loves helping everybody, including criminals. Take the example of convicted sex offenders. We know what these people like, so what could be nicer than giving them Viagra? In Florida, for