A Modernization of a Classic Fable

This is a very good illustration of the principles of socialism and how it plays out.  (more)

What happened to the economy?

As of this writing, the Obama administration has been in office for about four months now.   In the first few days in office, he proposed some very bold and far reaching spending plans to provide economic recovery, as well as social engineering.  These were heavily debated by liberal and conservatives on the radio and TV talk shows.  Rarely did any of these discussions have anything other than partisan political bickering.  The bickering and fighting was nothing more than the political blame game. Plus, it shows that pundits and politicians have a very limited knowledge of the way our economy works or how to run a business.  (more)

Obama at Notre Dame

President Obama was invited to give this year’s commencement address at Notre Dame and well as receiving an honorary law degree from the university.   Being invited to deliver the commencement address is worthy; after all, he is the president and leader of our country.  The office of president should be given a measure of respect that it deserves and this means that he is a significant person in our country and world.   However, many in the Catholic and Pro-Life communities are angered with the awarding of the honorary degree for a politician that has one of the worse records on right-to-life issues.  (more)

The 9-12 Project

This movement wants to stop the fighting and get back to the core of what makes us as a people and a nation great. When we talk about policies, procedures, and philosophies we get lost in arguments that both rational and irrational. Then the arguments escalate into personal attacks and name calling because we do not understand each others points of view.  But if we move to discussion back to fundamental principles and can agree on a starting framework, a common framework,  to make decisions. All of these policy questions become much simpler. This idea of having a framework for make decisions is vital for making good decisions. (more)

Compromise - What has it become?

Our founding fathers set up our governmental system after a lot of debate and argument that was sometime quite bitter.  But, in the end they each compromised on their positions and found the common ground they became our system of government.   However, that spirit of compromise is gone replaced with something else (more).