It is early evening in South Africa. Cold this time of year. For those of you, like passers-by at a highway pile-up, still watching Zimbabwe … Bob has made some new rules. […]
Zimbabwe disintegration continues
Everything is coming up Capitalism
At the tail-end of the Cold War, as the Berlin Wall fell, as Glasnost gave way to the crumbling of the USSR, Capitalists celebrated. As the wall fell, as the unhealthy, drably […]
HOAs may not prevent you from flying your flag upside down, but that doesn’t make it ok
On July 24, 2005, President Bush signed the Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005. This act was passed as a response to homeowners associations that were placing restrictions on […]
The “War On Wealth” is a class war – and you’re on the wrong side
By Martin Bosworth The other day at the gym, I was listening to the talking heads on CNBC yammer on about the usual, and I heard one classify the recent moves in […]
Zimbabwe: Recovering the irrecoverable
Anti-capitalist demonstrators around the world should be celebrating. Robert Mugabe’s government has taken those against free-markets at their word. Over 1 300 business owners have been arrested across Zimbabwe. Their crime? Raising […]
Drug resistant superbacteria – they’re what’s for dinner… or are they?
Finally, after years of mostly bad news in the competition between antibiotics developed by medical researchers and drug-resistance developed by bacteria, we have some good news. A class of drugs currently used […]
Novak claims GOP voters have high standards, which still doesn’t explain Patrick McHenry
“Republicans are always held to a higher standard by their own voters,” asserts Bob Novak in his latest insider newsletter, adding that GOP voters “tend to place special value on family issues.” […]
Forget Sen. Vitter's penis: Follow his money
They’re all over this guy — The New York Times, The Washington Post and CNN. Sex sells, so they’re selling it — and doing a disservice to their readers and viewers. It’s […]
The mockingbird’s song isn’t heard in Jena, LA….
Today is the 46th anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s iconic novel about Southern race relations, To Kill a Mockingbird. This particular anniversary seems a bittersweet one, since the Jena 6 […]
Muzzling your Surgeon General is not the best way to boost your approval rating
Dr. Richard Carmona, President Bush’s Surgeon General from 2002 to 2006, testified yesterday before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that the Bush Administration interfered with his duties as the nation’s […]
