On: April 10, 2011

Many confuse having good character with being a good citizen. They aren’t the same. It would be similar to...

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On: October 30, 2010

Candidates put up signs hoping you’ll remember their name and vote for them because of name recognition.  Candidates do...

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On: May 1, 2010

How ironic that the US government would consider using the military to prevent oil from reaching our shores after...

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On: January 25, 2010

I was flying from Palm Springs to San Francisco. I sat down in seat 9B. As I watched passengers...

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On: November 5, 2009

Abraham Lincoln  in his famous Gettysburg Address talked about democracy as a government  “of, by and for” the people. ...

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On: November 1, 2009

You’ve heard about government bureaucracy. You probably also know that many city, state, and federal government agencies are outsourcing...

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On: October 30, 2009

Sound backwards? The founding fathers would think so. They knew that America’s priorities had to be “life, liberty and...

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On: June 14, 2009

Most of us have things or individuals we appreciate.  It could be a job, one’s eyes, a friend, where...

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On: May 11, 2009

Many Americans believe the interrogation technique called “waterboarding” is torture.  And they say that civilized societies don’t torture because...

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On: November 30, 2008

The next time you wonder why many of our problems persist, remember the headlines in the aftermath of the...

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On: November 8, 2008

We keep hearing about our “rights”.  A right to own a house.  A right to go to college.  A...

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On: October 13, 2008

No bailout, stimulus package, G7 edict, regulation, or interest rate cut will get us out of our current economic...

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