The media is understandably preoccupied with Hurricane Dorian and its immense strength. Meteorologists and citizens alike are absorbed in forecasts of the hurricane’s track, and whether it will hit Florida broadside or work its way up the eastern seaboard. And as anyone could predict, the Whackadoodle Caucus is in full throat, blaming mythical global warming […]
The myth that Thomas Jefferson edited down the Bible in order to remove the miraculous resurfaces once in a while. He supposedly did this because he was essentially an unbeliever who thought that religion had no place in the public square. A couple of years ago, I teamed up with a pastor from Jefferson’s home […]
What if the self-proclaimed “City that Works” isn’t working? That’s what Portland residents are saying. Last week the City of Portland published its most recent survey of city residents. Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed are dissatisfied with the city’s response to homelessness and almost two-thirds are dissatisfied with traffic congestion on their daily commutes. […]
Portland’s temporary gas tax should stay just that: temporary. Portland voters approved the 10 cent per gallon gas tax three years ago to fund a road repair and traffic safety program. Since its implementation, the program has failed to live up to all expectations. Gasoline-using vehicles pay for 100% of the tax but only receive […]
We must understand how Google does it, why it is wrong and how it hurts America Several months ago, Google quietly released a 32-page white paper, “How Google Fights Disinformation.” That sound good. The problem is that Google not only controls a whopping 92.2% of all online searches. It is a decidedly left-wing outfit, which […]
Carbon dioxide does not “endanger” our health – and it’s time EPA recognized that simply fact On August 6, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Washington) that it be granted intervenor status concerning litigation launched by environmental groups against the Trump administration’s new […]
FDA must no longer let organic food growers, manufacturers and sellers get away with lies A couple years ago, the US Food and Drug Administration sent a “Warning Letter” to Nashoba Brook Bakery, advising its owners that listing “love” as an ingredient in their granola violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The product was […]
May 20, 2010 “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgement to the very first radical: From all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the very first radical known to man, who rebelled against the establishment, and did it […]
I think it is fair to refer to zealous progressivists as “radicals.” This is how they, irrationally, think of themselves. They also militate against America’s Constitutional Republic, the free-market economy, and “capitalism,” using their own distorted, Marxist-Leninist definition. They make use of “democracy,” a concept absolutely rejected by America’s founders, and they never refer to […]
“Heterosexuality just isn’t working.” – NBC news “THE ASSAULT ON THE SEXES” by Jim and Andrea Fordham was published in 1977 and I’m just getting around to reading it. It was prophetic. An excerpt: “Feminist writer Gabrielle Burton says that women’s lib is seeking the most radical revolution of all, because ‘it is challenging the […]