How A Minority Holds Sway
I read with keen interest James Freeman’s interview with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal titled “The Power of 41 Senators”. Although being in the majority is always more effective than the minority,...Great Customer Service: Apple
I had a very positive experience this past week with Apple, Inc. Frankly, I was surprised, but I’m very pleased. My iPod Touch had been acting a little flaky lately. The Touch is nice because if you are linked to the Internet via wifi with the device, you can...Swamp Stomper Ring Traffic: How about a REAL change?
About BitHead BitHead runs BitsBlog and is an occasional guest writer for The Conservative Reader. You can email BitHead at [email protected]. This special Swamp Stomper Article is cross-posted from BitsBlog. Ann Coulter says it well, here: Well, it looks like...Congress Should Not Micro-Manage The Economy
Not so much because tinkering with the economy on a regular basis is messy as much as having Congress doing the tinkering is just dangerous. Remembering that the Prime Directive of nearly every member of Congress is “Do nothing that interfere with my...
Finished, and Convinced: The FairTax Makes Sense
You may recall a few months ago I mentioned I had started reading The FairTax Book. It only took about 5 or 6 hours of reading time, but it kept bouncing around in priority, and I just finished a couple of days ago. It is really tough to explain the whole idea in a...It Made Me Want To Be Expelled
The wife and I finally got time to see Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. We were aghast. Dr. Bob Stouffer did a great job reflecting on this movie. But it still did not prepare me for what I witnessed. It was haunting. There were three things that impressed...Save Books For Soldiers
Books for Soldiers (booksforsoldiers.com) needs financial help. This is an organization that provides books and other media (donated or financed by members such as myself) to members of the US Military who are on active duty. I have personally had a positive...
Michelle Parker – RIP
Des Moines local news personality Michelle Parker, 52, died today. The cause of death has been stated to be heart failure, but I expect we will hear more in the next few days. Michelle worked at KCCI-TV, the number 1 news station here in Des Moines, for 29 years. She...Reforming The U.N.
John Bolton gave a speech in February where he discussed the role of the U.N., the international community’s attempt to use the United Nations to manipulate United States foreign policy, its inability to carry out appropriate reforms that its leaders have tried...Stay in Touch
