On November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered the historic Gettysburg Address. Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation: conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war. . .testing whether that nation, [...]

I could go on for hours about this, but now is not the time. Lame duck Republican rep Joe Knowlenberg of Michigan illustrates my point: Republicans have largely abandoned conservative principles. A post on MichelleMalkin.com featured this video from Neil Cavuto’s ‘Your World’: Until Republicans realize that there is little difference between moderates and Democrats, [...]

I’m sure that all the participants in the latest bailout negotiation for the US auto industry could press the OnStar button and guide them through this Solomon-esque quandary. With labor rates which that are almost double their Japanese rivals, healthcare costs over four times over and still responsible for nearly 1 million UAW retiree’s benefits, [...]

In my post yesterday, ‘Another Reason to be Bummed – Low Gas Prices‘, I illustrated the fact that the mainstream media seem to trip over themselves to balance any bit of good economic news with a double heap of perceived negative connotation – just to keep us on edge. Today, the Labor Department that wholesale [...]