Let’s start today’s post with two definitions from our good friends at the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: DEDUCTION: “1a: an act of taking away; 1b: something that is or may be subtracted.” One of the most common uses of this term is a Tax Deduction, where an expense paid during the year is DEDUCTED from a [...]
Let me start off by pointing out that THIS is a day that will not happen again for 100 years. I suppose that is true of all days, really, but this one has the unique distinction of being ALL ONES: “11/11/11.” There will never be a 22/22/22, or a 00/00/00, so, really, this is a [...]
“What does it mean to be a Conservative?” In 2009, that simple question set in motion a project that consumed nearly a year & a half of researching, reading, writing and examining my own preconceived notions of what being a Conservative really means. By the time I finished my first draft of the FIRST CHAPTER, [...]
Let me paint a picture for you. It was the early 1980’s, and I lived in a typical middle-class South Florida neighborhood in Ft. Lauderdale. The houses had been built in the 1950’s, few had air conditioning, most had jalousie glass windows (which were basically big walls of glass slats that can be removed for [...]
In scrolling through Facebook.com yesterday, I found a link to the blog of Robert Reich, a former Secretary of Labor (under Bill Clinton) and member of the Administrations of Gerald Ford & Jimmy Carter who currently serves as the “Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy” at the University of California, Berkeley. He was formerly a professor [...]
The more I’ve been listening to the things that Herman Cain has been saying, the more that I like him. I still have my reservations, of course, but he generally seems to get it. Personal Responsibility, Small Government, Limited Taxes, Greater Liberties, Honest Beliefs: he’s got it all. As we get closer and closer to [...]
Two kids are standing on the playground. The first kid dares the other one to hang upside down by one leg from the monkey bars. The second kid dares him back. The first kid double-dares him. The second kid double-dog-dares him. The first kid asks if the other one is scared. The second kid calls [...]
What would you do to save $60? Would you drive your car less? Would you change the temperature setting on your thermostat? Would you choose NOT to do something that you like to do? Would you change your bank? Sixty dollars on a single purchase is a pretty big deal, right? That’s equal to the [...]
