This may not be a foolish question, considering what is and has happened in this supposed to be republic, since Barack Obama took office.  Two hundred thirty eight years ago, Thomas Jefferson wrote, in the Declaration of Independence, that to secure “Certain unalienable Rights, (and) among them are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of […]

  This is a talk radio broadcast from WHAM in Rochester.  It’s long, but this guy Bob Lonsberry, really has it down pat.  Here is his broadcast, which he titled, “Two Americas.”    “The Democrats are right.  There are two Americas.  The America that works, and the America that doesn’t.  The America that contributes, and […]

  It’s all over the internet, and even some news stories may make one think that the unthinkable could happen.  A collapse of the dollar, or even the entire monetary system of the world.  It isn’t a difficult thing to imagine, nor difficult to see why it could happen, I admit.  After all, every single […]

  I forced myself to watch the State of the Union speech last night, which annual affair is not required by the Constitution.  The Constitution says that the President shall occasionally inform people of the state of the nation.  The annual clapping and standing, is silly.  I watched it, just to see what Obama could […]

  Everyone got a kiss under a mistletoe at one time or another?  It’s common at holiday time to hang a mistletoe leaf or branch above a doorway and anyone under it gets a kiss.  Fun!  Unfortunately, the mistletoe is a very sinister little plant.  A poisonous plant, which will kill its host tree.  Let […]

  Everyone have a gun? I think it would be glorious!  Of course, the gun haters would be shrieking bloody murder, saying that millions would be murdered, gun crimes would escalate, and make America a perpetual war zone, with zombies and mad killers roaming the streets, killing thousands, just for the fun of it.  That’s […]

  I love history, and especially Colorado and railroad history.  I’m going to try to tell a story which is long and involved, in a short column.  In 1893, all railroads west of the Front Range (Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo). were narrow gauge, which is 3 feet between rails, as opposed to ’standard gauge,’ which […]

  We have been hearing about Edward Snowden for months now.  He’s the low level employee who mysteriously managed to download thousands of pages of incredibly incriminating evidence against the federal government and the NSA or ’National Security Agency.’  Charles Krauthammer calls him a ’traitor,’ and for once, I totally disagree with that brilliant commentator.  […]

  We don’t often think of our National Anthem objectively.  At least till we try to sing it!  The following is a column I wrote over 20 years ago, and it still applies.    “Oh say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light?  What’s so proudly we hailed, at the twilight’s last gleaming.  Whose […]

  Refrigerators?  Certainly!  Why not?  Here’s a supposition:  Let’s suppose that all refrigerators had to be made by the federal government.  Why?  For the same reason that the federal government has cornered 6-7% of the national product with Obamacare.  See, a lot of people can’t afford a new refrigerator with ice maker, vegetable drawer, freezer […]