Say "yes" or "no" to credit?
In this recession, one thing that I have come to expect is a ton of articles speaking out against debt and credit cards. And there is good reason: Americans are...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Rep. Giffords, a federal judge, and a 9 year-old child
True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! — But taking sorc...
Get rid of the pledge of allegiance
With the new year, I think it’s time to lead a different kind of attack on the Pledge of Allegiance, a topic on which I’ve already twice written. I ...
Reporting on science
According to the Associated Press, a new “theory” has been devised to explain Saturn’s rings.1Borenstein, Seth. (2010, December 12.) “Saturn’s rings: Left...
Kent Schaible’s parents found guilty
The right to practice religion freely does not include the right to expose the community or the child to communicable disease or the latter to ill-health or dea...
Marriage = Commitment?
I’m a guy who is of the belief that when you read stuff intended for women, you learn more and best about what women want and how women think. As such I find my...
Alleviating deadweight
You know, there’s one very simple way the government can reallocate billions of dollars in revenue that quite literally does nothing because it is nothing...
Rent or Buy?
There’ve been plenty of blogs written about whether it is better to rent your residence or buy it. In the course of all of these blogs, there’ve als...
Source of liberty
On YouTube there is a user by the name “TheAtheistAntidote” — which right away should tell you the level of idiocy to which this guy can ascen...
Revisiting legislation of the 111th Congress
As we approach the close of the 111th Congress and reflect on major legislative actions such as the health care reform bill, I think we should also reflect on l...