01/03/2012 01:41 PM Economic Crisis Owned by Democrats in Congress On Dec. 28, the Financial Times announced, “China has again outshone the U.S. as the top venue for initial public offerings.” 12/30/2011 11:18 AM When Self-Delusions and Self-Censorship Becomes Self-Destructive With respect to the ACT for America email bulletin (an update on Lowe’s controversial business decision, see below), I haven’t viewed any episode of the reality based TV show which is involved in this dispute.  But having read each of the episode descriptions of “All-American Muslim”(1), I imagine it follows the lives of assimilated (for the most part) Muslims in a community in the US. 12/19/2011 11:25 AM EPA Ponders Expanded Regulatory Power In Name of ‘Sustainable Development’ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to change how it analyzes problems and makes decisions, in a way that will give it vastly expanded power to regulate businesses, communities and ecosystems in the name of “sustainable development,” the centerpiece of a global United Nations conference slated for Rio de Janeiro next June. 12/14/2011 04:12 AM Regulation for Dummies The White House is on the political offensive, and one of its chief claims is that it isn’t the overregulator of business and Republican lore. This line has been picked up by impressionable columnists, so it’s a good time to consider the evidence in some detail. 12/05/2011 09:05 AM On Running ‘the Most Electable Candidate’ Even after three years of thugocratic government, there are still many conservatives and libertarians who cannot bring themselves to believe that Barack Obama is anything more than a “big-spending liberal” who is simply misguided. 12/02/2011 11:22 AM 8.6% unemployment? Baloney The federal government said employment increased by 120,000 in November (an increase of less than 1/1,000th) and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4%? Baloney. It is a statistical lie aimed at making it sound as if the economy is growing. 12/01/2011 04:36 AM Occupy Protesters Mobilize for Obama’s Visit (NYT) More than 100 Occupy Wall Street protesters marched to a Midtown hotel on Wednesday night to protest a fund-raising event for President Obama. 11/27/2011 06:37 AM ‘Sebelius protecting Planned Parenthood?’ Obama appointee accused of destroying evidence in felony case - Prosecutors in a criminal case against Planned Parenthood of Kansas have learned that former Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Steve Six allegedly destroyed not only the original evidence documents relating to case, but also the copies, effectively shielding the abortion provider from dozens of criminal charges. 11/20/2011 05:10 AM System Failure on a Global Scale We are living in times when the structures involving the global financial system, national security, and self-governance are under attack, decaying, or just self-destructing due to all the ills to which humanity is prone. 11/19/2011 09:50 AM Obama Fails on Education Promises As I began writing this column, in the morning of Nov. 6, I happened to be watching a television interview with Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education, who appeared on Fareed Zakaria “GPS” segment “Fixing America’s Education Crisis.”