by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado

Its massive medical care overhaul plans in tatters, the Obama administration will turn now to what’s left of its ambitious but overreaching domestic agenda. While job creation and job stabilization is what Americans need and want most now, what they are likely to get next is an attempt at a massive overhaul of immigration policy. It will probably turn out as badly as the last attempt.

Perhaps Mr. Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will profit from lessons learned in the failed attempt at health care reform. Read the rest of this entry »

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles

I have a confession to make. For the past year or so, I have belonged to a secret organization.  It was a group of Hollywood-based conservatives.  I have no doubt that you’re aware of the higher-profile members, mainly actors.  And while I can empathize with those lesser-known members, the behind-the-camera people who worry that their livelihoods could be jeopardized if their employers and potential employers got wind of the fact that they aren’t left-wing dingbats, I finally decided to quit. Read the rest of this entry »

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles

It was almost 400 years ago that Galileo Galilei was denounced as a heretic for proclaiming that the earth revolved around the sun and not the other way around.  These days, Al Gore tells giant fibs about the weather in order to line his pockets and inflate his ego and it’s those who call him on it who are accused of heresy.  In spite of which, there are people who insist on referring to this as an enlightened age.

But, really, how enlightened can we be when millions of Americans get their news from a media that unlike the media in totalitarian nations happily placed the shackles on themselves and then threw away the key? Read the rest of this entry »

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles

Winston Churchill, who made a better case for alcohol consumption than all the beer commercials ever produced, is well known for having observed that democracy is the worst form of government…except for all the others.  But, in a less avuncular state of mind, he also pointed out that “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” Read the rest of this entry »

by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado

President Barack Obama says that the same wave of voter anger that swept him into office, swept Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown into the U. S. Senate. He’s partly right, of course. Voters were angry with Republicans and swept them out of Congress in 2006. Obama capitalized on that voter anger and successfully campaigned on a promise of change.

We got change alright, but not for the better. Federal debt grew by $3.3 trillion in just one year. Read the rest of this entry »

Whenever political correctness fades from the headlines, another example pops up.  The latest installment comes from Washington State Senate President pro tem Rosa Franklin.  She has proposed replacing 54 references to “at risk” or “disadvantaged” children in state law with the term “at hope,” so negative labels won’t undermine their ability to succeed. Read the rest of this entry »

by J. F. Kelly, Jr. | Coronado

The massive earthquake that devastated Haiti was one of many disasters that have been visited upon this unfortunate island nation of seven million. Colonized by Spain after its discovery by Columbus in 1492, the native population was nearly wiped out by disease. Ceded by Spain to France in 1677, its people fared little better. Slaves imported from Africa were used to clear much of its forests to plant sugar cane.

Revolt against French colonial rule brought independence but not prosperity. Civil war quickly followed. Read the rest of this entry »

by Burt Prelutsky | Los Angeles

Liberals like to lay the blame for Islamic terrorism on one of two causes; namely, the poverty in most Muslim nations or American foreign policy.  Sometimes, just for variety, they’ll mention both items.  And, as usual, they’re dead wrong on both counts.

If the cause was actually poverty, you wouldn’t find world-wide terrorism funded by Read the rest of this entry »

by Jon Coupal | Sacramento

It is said the most dangerous place in Sacramento is between a politician and a TV camera. This is because politicians, by nature, subsist on attention. Since the media has a guiding principle, “If it bleeds it leads,” politicians know they will not get good coverage simply by being good stewards of the public’s business. They must show action!  So what we end up with, not surprisingly, is lots of activity and very little in the way of results. Read the rest of this entry »

by Jon Coupal | Sacramento

There is an old expression, “what am I, chopped liver?” that is employed – usually in a social setting – when one is being ignored. For all the harsh words, finger pointing and declarations of entitlement that fill the current budget debate, there is something strikingly absent from our political ruling class: An acknowledgement that taxpayers have been, and will continue to be, the sole driving force of any economic recovery. Read the rest of this entry »