Hallelujah! We are all getting screwed. That’s my take from a recent NPR poll. It found that most of us feel we are victims of discrimination. Hurrah! Equity at last. We are all being treated equally. Treated shabbily perhaps. But equally shabbily. The poll found...
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If you want growth, sweeten the environment
Here is why we should cut our tax rates. Imagine an island. It has one source of income. Guests at its big hotel. They bring in all the money that circulates in the island economy. They rent rooms. Eat at restaurants. Rent cars. Drink. Buy souvenirs. The money...
Do you remember hearing this sordid story before?
By now you should have seen it. The flood of news and comment on Harvey Weinstein. He is the giant of Hollywood. He drowned when a dam burst. The dam had held back an ocean of stories of his sordid sexual behavior toward women. The stories included rape...
It’s time for more reporting and less distorting
Big Media, methinks you do a disservice to Americans. In your coverage of the Puerto Rican hurricane damage. You carry a lot of criticism of Washington’s rescue efforts. Too little, too late you tell us. You are quick to show us people who lost their homes wailing...
Change the NFL to the NDL, Dummies
These football players make no sense. The guys who take the knee during the national anthem. And snipe at the flag. They seem pretty dumb to me. They are playing in London and they disrespect the flag of their country. But they stand for the British national anthem?...
Split decision: He hit. I split.
You wanna really know why I lost dis fight? Hey, I take full responsibility. But dat ain’t why I lost dis fight. Nah. It was a bunch of other people. Dey made me lose da fight. First dere was my corner. A bunch of losers and I ain’t kiddin’. Dere was Bernie. A...