World’s End
As May 21, 2011 passed without any eschatological events taking place, you could detect subtle hints of intellectual superiority mixed with pity from the skeptics of Christianity. Most Christians familiar with the Bible knew that these predictions were unscriptural and unsound. Oddly enough, [...]
A thought or two on the “right” to free health care
Whenever I hear someone insist that health care should be a right I wince. I am convinced that most people who make this assertion are dense, uninformed, or envious of the good health of others. Health care is not the same as health, and receiving health care does result in freedom from illness, injury or [...]
Democrat brilliance
On a reoccurring basis, liberals characterize conservatives and their Republican, Tea Party, and Libertarian cohorts as intellectually challenged, inbred, hayseeds who have never been anywhere or done anything. They are disparaged for watching Fox News to their intellectual detriment, as opposed to listening to the enlightened, unbiased, erudite reportage on government-sponsored National Public Radio. Let’s [...]
IRS and income
We are constantly bombarded with economic statistics alleging that during the Reagan and both Bush administrations, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer. We are told this by Democrats and the mainstream media because it serves to build middle class antagonism against the wealthier class, without which Progressives have no justification to penalize [...]
I am a supporter of the Tea Party movement
I am a supporter of the Tea Party movement. I am not a member of the Tea party, since they do not issue cards, or require application for membership. I have attended 5 events, one each in Wilkes Barre and Williamsport and three in Washington, DC. I was not called or invited to attend. My [...]
Progressives
In the heady days after the “community organizer” won the election, we were assured that utopia, if not Nirvana, was just around the corner. The newly elected president had been portrayed as a brilliant, Harvard educated savior. He would bring us all together. We would throw away our swords and buy plow-shares from China. Poverty [...]
Republicans want to cut granny off Social Security and deposit her frail body in the woods
Subways have three rails. Two are used to establish the path upon which the rolling stock travels. The other is energized with some pretty serious amperage to spin the motors that drive the wheels. The third rail is lethal to anyone who touches it, and that is why Social Security is referred to as “the [...]
The myths and false assumptions regarding the right to healthcare
The myths and false assumptions regarding the right to healthcare. Health care is not the same as health, and receiving health care does result in freedom from illness, injury or pain. Health is dictated by a variety of factors which include genetic predisposition and life style choices. Having access to health care is part of [...]
Recently a contributor to the Press Enterprise declared that the New Testament
Recently a contributor to the Press Enterprise declared that the New Testament, specifically the book of Acts, revealed a first century Christian community in Jerusalem living a lifestyle consistent with the contemporary social welfare state. There were also references to Jesus with regard to taxes. The New Testament does indeed reveal a willingness of Christians [...]