Many of us have a 401-k plan, a pension or private investment portfolio. We often seek investment advice from stock brokers, money managers, newsletters, tips from friends or our own research, but... Read More
Monday’s redistricting verdict issued by a panel of three federal court judges was correct in three important elements. The panel ruled that legislators had dragged their feet redrawing legislative... Read More
In their fervor to repeal and replace Obamacare, our Congress has run head first into a wall of political reality: once you extend benefits to people it is almost impossible to take them away. Despite... Read More
Many of us remember North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms’ war against CBS news, complaining the “liberal press” consisted of, “men and women who, if they do not hate American virtues…certainly... Read More
Peter Pan never grew up and there is evidence we have a generation of many young people who, like Pan, are stranded in Neverland. Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse’s interesting book, The Vanishing... Read More
A three-judge panel is currently tasked with interpreting one of our state’s thorniest issues, namely who is in charge of public education. Is it to be the State Board of Education or the state... Read More
Few of us like it when others disagree with us. Fewer still like it when others protest our actions, but elected or appointed public officials have to recognize that disagreements and sometimes... Read More
My Father’s Day presents included two vintage issues of Life magazine, one from November 22, 1948, the other from November 29, 1963. My family, like many, subscribed to this weekly publication for... Read More
Anyone observing today’s political landscape cannot escape the domination from the conservative right and the liberal left. Both are loud and active advocates for their positions, but what is... Read More
Even without television, telephones or telegraphs word spread quickly throughout the colonies about the fighting that took place between the British and Colonials at Lexington and Concord in April... Read More
