POTUS Election 2008: Hillary Clinton on Strengthening The Middle Class – Part 1
POTUS Election 2008 Examining The Issues This is a special series written by the staff of The Conservative Reader. We will examine each of the candidates’ positions on issues they have deemed relevant enough to post on their web sites. Today we start our review...
Charlton Heston – RIP
Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter), who starred in The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur, Soylent Green, The Planet Of The Apes (and most of its sequels), Earthquake, and scores of other films, died Saturday at the age of 84. Heston was an excellent actor. The Ten...Who Cares What Clintons Earned?
I hate to say this, but I’m not all that worked up about any of Hillary Clinton’s (or any other politician’s) hypocrisy. Hypocrisy is unbecoming, and it may even raise some question of character (although I’m not sure how exactly), but...The Economy and the Current “Credit Crisis”
I was reading Mr. Smith’s blog below and my blood began to boil. I must be on the wrong email lists, because I’m not a proud recipient of Senator Harkin’s email. Please do not sign me up. What made my blood boil was the notion that there are...
The Senate Cannot Fix The Economy
But Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) thinks it can. Living in Iowa, we occasionally receive a nice email from the Senator letting us know how he is scr- uh, helping us with his work. Here’s his latest missive, arriving just this afternoon… Dear Friends, Many...Now Social Security?
Last week I commented on the unspoken (at least by anyone who wants to be President) state of Medicare. Now it appears that Social Security is a mess too. (I know, big surprise!) In the March 31, 2008 edition of Fortune, Allan Sloan reports that in about 10 years,...Thoughts on the Federal Reserve
20 years ago I looked at a map of the regional Federal Reserve Banks and I thought: Why do we have banks in Richmond, Philadelphia and New York? Cleveland and Chicago? St. Louis and Kansas City? Why does the San Francisco bank handle everything west of Denver? ...Political Observations
Wow! I’ve not been on this site for a week and look at what I’ve missed! First, some observations about the current political scene: 1) Here’s a news flash–Hillary lied about her “recollections” about Bosnia! I never would have...Who Got To Nancy?
Just last week, Nancy Pelosi was saying that the Super Delegates should be guided by the overall direction of the pledged delegates (a position shared by Obama, of course). She drew criticism from Clinton supporters, but I never expected her to back-pedal as she did...Stay in Touch
