The State of the Union

All I can say is: "I am Laffing my A---- off!"We need tax neutral adjustments to our taxcode, not added burdens to consumers and the states. We need to cut spending, cut spending, cut spending. We need to adjust entitlements, offering private options to young...

An animatronic innovation with actors in large Dinosaur suits, with voice-overs from more prominent actors, the sitcom was a short-lived hit, dressing up current concerns in thte prehistoric trappings of a working-class dinosaur family, with father Earl Sinclair,...

That is the genius of the free market. To a lesser extent, republican government has instituted the same mechanism. If we do not approve of our leaders' policies and programs, we indicate through petition, redress, and assembly. If the political class still refuse to...

"Do something!" is their exhortation, usually with bated breath or beating hearts. When things are not going according to plan for a Progressive, which is pretty much all the time, they must do something. Politicians get into office in order to "do something"...

The symbolic parallels of a world of senses and a world beyond captivated many viewers. Some read Platonic or Neo-Platonic overtones, others pointed out similarities in Kantian or Objectivist philosophies. One author published a Christian analysis of the movie. I...

The worst of straw men, the non-issue shuts many people down because they feel compelled right away to explain that they are not racist. How does one prove a negative? If I married a black woman, had black kids, attended a black church, some black people would still...

With one student in particular, it was a nightmare. Every day in one class, I would have to send this student out. He would play with his textbook, distract other students, make insensitive comments toward me, or he would find other ruthless ways and means to be...

At one of the local high schools, a student would not stop talking with another groups of students. When I asked him to move his seat three times, he refused, calling me a "N-----er". I fired back, " I am not a slave! Don't call me that!"Thereupon, he completely...

My first day at Central Juvenile Hall, near Downtown Los Angeles, one of the students shouted at me:"Are you scared, sir?"Of course I was, but you never let a student in on that, especially criminals on trial trying to fight their fitness hearing. I got good at...

Obama and Reagan are great communicators. They both knew how to light up a crowd with soaring rhetoric. They both knew how to appeal to the innate vanity of the crowd:Ronald Reagan called the American people "heroes."Obama declared, "We are the change we have been...

Older people are not going to be able to retire when they want to; and every state who has made this argument refuses to demand that seniors extend their working life beyond a meager few years, an inadequateWork longer, old People! Here are the reasons why:1. You wil...

Thank you, Mr. Skelton, for spelling out the economic obvious both consistently and persuasively. Millionaires and billionaires have no business telling the state how much money to take from their uber-wealthy ilk, even if much of it is their own money. I also...

From Townhall article: "The Prince of Darkness as a Beacon of Dissent""Recently, a student asked Novak which politicians he admires. Novak paused, and thought—for a while. "Not very many at all," he finally responded. Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn has topped Novak's...

Older people have every right to be children at heart, enjoying their time on this earth as they please, laughing at silly stories, playing jokes, and looking forward to better days, even if their passing is near. Not always playing by the rules and taking risks:...

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger cheated on his wife Maria Shriver, and in the most clichéd fashion. He had an affair with his long-time live-in maid. After fathering a child with the woman, Schwarzenegger provided her and her child a new home in Bakersfield,...

In order to instill institutional monetary solvency for the good of the entire nation, present as well as future generations must sacrifice. Beneficiaries must accept not reaping the same retirement and security benefits as their predecessors. The...