We had a guest for dinner the other night. She has a green card. I guess I never understood what that meant. As she described it, other than voting, she has every other benefit of being a citizen. That got me thinking about Biden's plan for a "path to citizenship"...
“Reality Czar” to fight disinformation? I’m all for it.
There is a lot of talk about “disinformation” nowadays. Facebook, Twitter and the like are dead set against disinformation and are reportedly spending a ton of money to ferret out and eliminate disinformation. Recently, the NY Times wrote about the need for the...
Unity – Nice idea but what does it mean?
President Biden’s inaugural address called for unity stating, “for without unity, there is no peace.” While all Americans may find comfort in the word unity, it begs the question for many of us (at least 74 million of us) as to what exactly President Biden means. In...
Biden kills Trump’s 1776 project – here is the text
In one of his Executive Orders, on January 20, 2021, on the first day of Biden't term, in an effort to "unite" the country, Biden kills this wonderful project. They even took the report down from the White House website. I was able to find it and have included it...
Would the “Democratic Socialists” really want Scandinavian-style socialism?
(I've read Dinesh D'Souza's book "The United States of Socialism" twice and have gleaned these thoughts. I give him credit for the thoughts and the expertise to write an outstanding book. I strongly enourage you to buy it and read it!) You hear it all the time from...
Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
Land of the Free, Because of the Brave In the storefront window of a locked down store in a local mall, there was a plaque with the message – “Land of the Free, Because of the Brave.” This slight alteration of the famous last line from one of America’s beloved...
Sleepy Joe wants to unite us, but continues the vitriol.
On Tuesday, December 14, 2020, in a speech after the Electoral College made him officially president-elect, Joe Biden said it’s time to “turn the page, to unite, to heal.” He’s made similar remarks several times over the past month. Does he really want the country to...
Our Intentionally Uninformed & Misinformed Citizens – Why?
At the local level, in the 2020 election, I was shocked how little information was available on the candidates for the state legislature. Other than road signs and promotional mailers to the house (often lamenting the demerits of the opponent), I concluded that...
A Sensible and Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy
The Great Barrington Declaration: As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused...
Biden proposes a “Public Option” for healthcare – here’s how much it will cost you
By Lanhee J. Chen and Daniel L. Heil - Fellows at the Hoover Institution. They conclude "Taxes for the typical middle-income family would rise by an inflation-adjusted $3,900 to pay for the public option and keep debt below 150% of GDP in 2050." Joe Biden has...