The following article will be published in the January edition of the Buffalo Gap [Texas] News Roundup. I’m sure glad 2013 is now in history’s rearview mirror and I’m hopeful that the road ahead in 2014 has fewer massive potholes. Of course, once again, ruthless politicians created most of the past years’ problems for our […]Read More
* Editors note: I am indebted to my good friend Gene Brecht for calling my attention to this article. It is sane, impassioned and worth going viral! Enjoy! Laura Hollis is a professor at the University of Notre Dame November 20, 2013|10:42 am The unveiling of the dictatorial debacle that is Obamacare absolutely flabbergasts me. […]Read More
A street magician bets you a quarter he can place a pea under one of three walnut shells, move all the shells around vigorously, then stop, and you can’t tell which shell contains the pea. How does he do that? Simple. The magician uses misdirection to fool you into thinking the pea is indeed under […]Read More
Milton Friedman starts his book Money Mischief with the Chapter “Island of Stone Money”. This island is the Island of Yap way out in the Pacific in the Carolinas. It has a population of roughly 5000. It has no metal, and since it has no metal traditionally it had no coins. However, it does transport […]Read More
I must confess I have a special place in my heart for Argentina. It is in the unhappy part, the part where sad stories dwell. My paternal grandfather was one of 5 children living in turn-of-the-century Bessarabia. Bessarabia is just east of Romania. It was the only country in Europe named for a family, the […]Read More
Thank you, Dave Fritsche, for an excellent article “A Pastor Confesses to the Pope!”. Considering the Popes I have watched over the decades this new one is a disappointment to say the least. Please let me build on Dave’s horror at the remarks of this anti-capitalist and hence anti-freedom new Pope. Let me throw a […]Read More
Most of you know the current series of government pratfalls as Obamacare. President Obama has already said he is proud that this legislation bears his name. Actually, he didn’t write it. In the main Max Baucus, the Democratic Senator from Montana did. Senator Baucus at last call will not be running for re-election next year. […]Read More
Well, the Pope has spoken, and who am I to take on the successor to the Throne of Peter. For goodness sakes, he speaks for God and I only speak for myself. So, anything I say can be judged by you, the reader, by the authoritative document of the Pope or by history, at least. […]Read More