In a free market economy, the most important part of it is private property. In a collective economy, such as under communism, there is no private property, and no freedom. If you own your property, you can do as you see fit with it, innovate, grow, invent, build, and enjoy. Since there is no […]
I don’t think this will do any good, but perhaps a reader will forward it to the higher ups at Walmart, and someone may have some sense. Walmart is the biggest business in the entire world. It takes in more money that the government and makes a profit. Good for Walmart. Except I absolutely refuse […]
I can’t be too serious all the time, so here’s a little ditty sent to me by Dave F. You may or may not have seen it, but it’s cute, as well as appropriate. “Who will help me plant my wheat?” Said the Little Red Hen. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said […]
What is a “tangible?” The dictionary definition is: “Something that can be touched or felt by touch. Having actual form and substance.” A tangible then, is a pound of hamburger, a candle, tire, automobile, locomotive, light bulb, computer, book, map, item of clothing, or anything which can be touched, and has actual weight, substance, […]
Friday, July 20, 2012 at about 12:20 AM, in a 16 screen theatre complex in Aurora Colorado, a 24 year old mad man, released two tear gas grenades, and opened fire on a theatre full of innocents, killing 12 and wounding another 58. The gunman entered the theatre using an exit door on the […]
This is a column I wrote 17 years ago, (April 7, 1995), but it’s still true! Imagine an America without the ability to own and control your own home, farm, factory, or business. America, without private property, would be abysmal. In no place on earth, is the ability to own, buy, sell, and control […]
This is a column I wrote 15 years ago, (July 24, 1997), but it’s still true! I know, that sounds like pure heresy. I love trains, have photographed thousands of them, written for TRAINS Magazine a couple of times, own every issue of it ever printed, and have at least a hundred railroad books, […]
“Health care made easy?” Isn’t that impossible, with Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, etc? Not at all! Not that it will ever happen, but try this one on for size. Everyone knows the difference between a straight line and a triangle. A straight line has two points, and a triangle has three points. Both can be […]
The Sixth Amendment to our Constitution reads as follows, in its entirety. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed; which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and […]
The heartbreak George Washington suffered, when he lost New York and Philadelphia, and the horrible winter at Morrisville. The idiocy of General Gates, the hungry, shoeless, troops who were freezing and starving, and the black slaves who left the plantations on the promise of freedom if they would fight for the Brits. The defeats […]