by Art Smith
This story (page 1 of Friday’s WSJ) takes the cake. And it’s the last line that sums up why I’m frustrated by it: We just want to make it [English] a little easier to spell. Changing the spelling of words to be phonetically exacting is just wrong. ...
by Art Smith
So, there’s this state that thinks foundations with $250 million in assets or more should to provide reports on the gender orientation and ethnicity of their boards and staffs, and the boards and staffs of the charities they support. And to what extent they are...
by Art Smith
I’ll admit that my experience in parenting is lame. My 15-year-old niece spent a year in our home. Our appreciation for parents skyrocketed within a week. That said, I think we have significant challenges in raising a generation of people in our society that...
by Art Smith
No, I’m not talking about a television series, nor an idea for a Super-bowl commercial. I’m talking about Democrats. Part of me is happy to see that party tearing itself apart, and not for idealogical reasons, but just your basic greedy, power-starved...
by Art Smith
It’s interesting that Obama would pick a Nazi death camp upon which to error in either the retelling or fabricating of a story to try to make a point that is oddly detached from the actual story line. And then unleashes a bad case of irony as well. What Obama...
by Art Smith
Since 1775, over a million men and women have given their lives in service to the United States of America, that we may be able to live in the freedom we enjoy today. War is an awful thing, but it has been absolutely necessary to secure our freedoms. Rag-tag militias...
by Art Smith
Thunderstorms, hail, and tornadoes have been running rampant across Iowa and other parts of the Midwest. In Iowa, the town of Parkersburg has suffered substantially severe damage. It sounds pretty bad. 5 dead so far there, and 2 others in New Hartford. Here in West...
by Art Smith
In Friday’s Wall Street Journal, Kimberly Strassel takes a careful look at the events around the Obama campaign and provides a keen analysis of his comments, actions, and the attempts by his campaign and supporters to shore up his mistakes. It’s apparent...
by Art Smith
John Hawkins at Right Wing News today proclaimed an about-face on his position regarding John McCain. Granted, Hawkins is not make a huge shift in position, since he has shared the same opinion of many of us that McCain is far from conservative and not what we...
by Art Smith
I’d like to encourage you to read Bithead’s Ramble last night regarding Memorial Day. We have a few different days each year, some more formal than others, where we can all stop and thank those that have served and today still serve us in the Armed Forces,...