Trade, travel, tourism, and technology have globalized the economies of the world.  So, our economy is global but our politics are national, which means that they are clearly mismatched.  Not a great revelation, but one worth noting!

I’ve never been in the military. My Dad was. He was Air Force. He fought in World War II . . . in Italy. He took his discharge after the war, spent two years in civilian life, and went back into the military with my mom, the first Italian war bride. He spent the next 20 [...]

I came across this article written by Professor Richard H. Thaler, Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. It is a rational, non-polarizing analysis of the current debate, suggesting, that at the end of the day, the debate is misfocused and that there is an actual way to [...]

Kathleen Parker is talking about an article which was written by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market and published as an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal. She is pointing out the enormous irony of having supporters of President Obama’s health care compendium at odds with Mr. Mackey’s common sense self-deterministic approach to [...]

It’s finally over. President Obama gave his presentation with the President’s iconic aplomb to the graduating class at the University of Notre Dame this past Sunday. I do have to say, as a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, that I was somewhat surprised at the amount of propaganda I received over the past [...]

Take a look at this article taken from the Orlando Sentinel on President Obama’s Earth Day talk in Newton, Iowa. The venue was once a giant Maytag appliance factory which now houses a wind energy company. It represented, for me, not so much the ecological theme President Obama was touting but the ebb and flow [...]

As a follow-up to my prior posting, I’m attaching a copy of the article which appeared in the Dallas Morning News on the attempt by individuals on the State Board of Education in Texas to challenge the teaching of evolution in science text books. Apparently, evolution is safe—but barely—for another year! Original writing date: March [...]

This article from the New York Times is interesting in that it puts the unemployment issue and the job losses in the context of a remaking of our economic environment. The suggestion is that this particular recession has reflected a fatal blow to a number of businesses and industries that are simply not going to [...]

I found this column by Peggy Noonan to be particularly poignant. Take a look at the over-the-top level of accountability reflected by the Third Marine Aircraft Wing as to an accident which occurred in the University City neighborhood of San Diego on December 8, 2008. The story is particularly vivid when contrasted with the meltdown [...]

Kathleen Parker takes the Michael Phelps incident in South Carolina as an opportunity to revisit our antiquated laws about use of Marijuana from a fresh perspective. Enjoy the read. Original writing date: February 13, 2009 Article writing date: February 5, 2009