The email circuit provides some of the best material for explaining the complex. This is required reading, especially the last two lines. Please enjoy! THE TAX SYSTEM EXPLAINED IN BEER Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their...
The moral compass is spinning wildly this morning and all we can say is WTF? Abortion pills are now available in college vending machines. Really? We had to remove the stress and effort of driving to the pharmacy from the the daily schedule of our next generation of leaders? At least during the drive...
You can rely on the Dems to decide what is reasonable and fair in life; don’t worry, it for your own good. Six Democrats, led by Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, have proposed legislation to create a ‘Reasonable Profit Board’ to decide the fair profit allowable for the oil and gas industry. The Hill has...
Only in the hyper-sensitive and politically correct United States could a story like this exist. Students of a new high school in Utah voted for the school’s mascot to be a Cougar; a mascot used by hundreds of schools throughout the country. The principal and school board know better though; the word Cougar is...
Every city takes pride in significant achievements that help define their community; for Chicago, going 24 hrs without a murder is a milestone that requires a celebration. This milestone was so impressive that a news conference was necessary to share the pride as you can read here. I guess the police are pushing the...
Failure to cry, or crying that was not deemed genuine, is resulting in six month terms in labor camps according to this story. When their ‘Dear Leader’ died, North Korean citizens were ‘encouraged’ to join in public displays of mourning for their leader. If they did not join, or did not participate fully, they...
Growing up, one of my mother’s favorite sayings was “The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. I understand the wisdom of these words more each day; thanks mom. Part of what she was describing can also be referred to as the law of unintended consequences. The mayor of Newark, New Jersey, as...
We are watching a slow motion train-wreck as the State of California ponders the fate of the Bullet Train project designed to take passengers from Los Angeles to San Franciso. Dan Walters writes about the latest budgets and business plans in the Sacramento Bee. Depending on the projections you read, the projected cost has...
That is where parents of public school children are in California as they await the details of how a new law, SB 48 will be implemented in the classroom. Here is the text of SB48 so you can read the law for yourself. As always, the devil is in the details. While the expressed...
