Powell is Wrong: The Hispanic Vote

About Hispanic voters and the GOP. . . Colin Powell also claimed that the Republican Party does not favor a comprehensive immigration policy. Ronald Reagan endorsed a blanket amnesty in 1986, otherwise known as the Simpson-Mizzoli bill. George W. Bush won 44% of the...

Early Working Days

I have worked some interesting jobs in my life. My first was at Foster Freeze in Downtown Torrance. I had the job only for the summer between my Freshman and Sophomore year in high school. The ice cream shop then and now was a cultural landmark. Often, customers would...

Forget the Trillion Dollar Platinum Coins

President Obama originally considered minting trillion dollar platinum coins to grant the federal government some leverage in borrowing without raising the debt ceiling and begging for more borrowing authority. He prints money liking he's playing monopoly, then he...

Colin Powell and the GOP "Identity" Crisis

Colin Powell visited the Sunday talk show circuits once again, not so much a RINO but as a disgruntled former standard bearer who cannot stand nor bear not to be the center of attention The Republican Party does not have an "identity" problem, not as...

The Constitution is Relevant.

Critics of the Constitution allege that Americans do not want to be ruled by a stingy, elitist minority. This assumption is both stingy and elitist, a classic canard from light-weight academics which respect their own assumptions more than the implications of the...