I looked up the question, “How many federal agencies and bureaucracies are there?”  The answer is that the number is “approximately 2,000,” but no one has ever been able to count them.  The federal government, is the largest employer in the United States, and between the federal, state, county, and city governments,  the figure must […]

-Don’s Column, Don’s Opinions… “We have too many poor people, let’s help them out.”  “We need free schools, so everyone can have a good education.”  “Health care costs too much, and so many people can’t afford it.  Let’s make it affordable.”  “That nation is threatening us. Let’s go to war, defeat them, and make them […]

I didn’t write it.  But it was front page in the business section of the Wall Street Journal on August 8th.  It’s so obvious, that I don’t have to add an additional word, but will quote, word for word, from parts of the lengthy story. “Joe Susanno lost thousands of dollars from his retirement account, […]

-originally written in 2017 We’ve all heard, seen in person, or in photos of that marvelous statue in D.C. about the Marines who raised the American Flag on Mt Suribachi, the one high place on the island of Iwo Jima, during World War Two.  The statue was taken from one of the most famous photos […]