Jan 21, 2014
Walter Williams – Politics and Minimum Wage
There's little debate among academic economists about the effect of minimum wages. University of California, Irvine economist David Neumark has examined more than 100 major academic studies on the mi…
Jan 20, 2014
Red Cross offers update on Haiti following 2010 earthquake
January 12, 2010 was a day unlike Haiti had ever seen. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti, generous donors responded immediately to provide lifesaving emergency relief to mi…
Jan 7, 2014
Ron Hart – Looking Back at 2013
It was the year of lies that finally revealed the true Obama. His ObamaCare sales pitch, "If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance, period” – a lie. Saying before the election that the…
Dec 30, 2013
Common Core: more than a opinion
COMMON CORE: MORE THAN AN OPINION
Some will say: “Here we go again!” Time/space constraints will not allow me to cover all that needs to be said. After two years of digging into…
Dec 24, 2013
Ron Hart: Jang-o Unchained—Kim Jung Un Offs His Uncle
The very public execution of Comrade Jang Song Thaek, the uncle of North Korean dictator Kim Jung Un, reminds us of the brutal nature of dynastic power and what totalitarian Communist dictators do.
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Dec 24, 2013
Guest Editorial: Christmas Is About Hanging in There
A lot of people have given up.
My father fell off a barn when I was about thirteen years old. He cracked his vertebrae and missed about six months of work. There was no unemployment insurance, or…
Dec 18, 2013
Statement by the President over the budget, issued 12/18/13 at 5:55 p.m.
I’m pleased that with tonight’s vote in the Senate, for the first time in years, both parties in both houses of Congress have come together to pass a budget. It’s a budget that unwinds some of the d…
Dec 10, 2013
Ron Hart: So Many Things to be Thankful For
AAA predicts that 43 million Americans will take to the roads with their families to visit relatives for Thanksgiving. It also predicts that upwards of 8 million of them will still be talking to each…
Dec 10, 2013
Good Mothers Have Bad Days, Too
"Good mothers don't get impatient with their children." These words were spoken recently by a young lady who is a very good mother to two beautiful children. She was having a bad day and needed enc…
Dec 10, 2013
Walter Williams: Our Fragile Planet
Let's examine a few statements reflecting a vision thought to be beyond question. "The world that we live in is beautiful but fragile." "The 3rd rock from the sun is a fragile oasis." Here are a coup…