Has the USA Become a Banana Republic?

Some interesting commentary: It’s a matter of record. Americans now populate the largest, wealthiest and most powerful banana republic in the world. The differences between Obama’s America and Maduro’s Venezuela are defined only by degree. The defining characteristics of banana

What Drives the Economy?

Is this an explanation for the economic trends in the United States? Government employees in the United States outnumber manufacturing employees by 9,932,000, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Federal, state and local government employed

Who Would Have Known?

The information you glean from the internet… who would have known: Paul Reubens is best known for portraying Pee-Wee Herman and might seem like an unlikely candidate to have a military hero father. Years before his son was born, Milton

Unprecedented Corruption

Has there ever been corruption in America to the level practiced by the Clintons?  Would the election of Hillary negatively transform this country such that it never recovers during my lifetime? Consider something so basic as how you raise your children

Diversity vs Unity

As always, great commentary on current issues from Victor Davis Hanson: Emphasizing diversity has been the pitfall, not the strength, of nations throughout history. … Is there any evidence from the past that institutionalizing sects and ethnic grievances would ensure

Democrat Kaine Supports Iran

Do you think that this matters to American Jews? Kaine joined anti-Israel radicals in Congress in boycotting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in March 2015 — the last plea of a beleaguered nation against an agreement that Iran is already violating

Fair Treatment or Double Standards?

Update Even though President Obama was busy vacationing and golfing as Louisiana suffered flooding worse than that which occurred during hurricane Katrina, he and his minions found time to divide our nation along racial lines: “Care must be taken to ensure