Greece has more than run out of cash. The country is nearly out of assets of any kind. If Disney were to buy the Parthenon, Greece would still be broke. It might be that all...

Governor Perry went from first to near-last among the leading Republican candidates. He had, unwittingly, made himself a target by actually solving the problem of student indebtedness. There’s about a trillion dollars in student loan...

Any person’s opinions are invariably based on what are believed to be “facts”. We hear them frequently. “If levels of carbon dioxide rise above 350 parts per million, the earth is in serious trouble.” is...

We all find some satisfaction with what we do. If we try to do our jobs better, we will be happy. The “snake” in that particular garden is automation. In the late 1700s, 80 or...

It may be that some liars actually are “congenital”, due to some pre-natal stress that causes deep damage to their being. But, their numbers are so small as to be statistically insignificant. The Loving Programmer...

A few years ago, the gun control fad had reached it’s high. Every big-city mayor, Democratic governors, and the liberals throughout the Federal Government agreed: guns must be controlled, if not confiscated. More recently, the...

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were...

From their earliest days in the government schools, children are carefully taught not to question teachers, the first people in the World-Wide Bureaucracy with whom they come in contact. Properly educating young people is important...

They would shoot and eat far more Eskimos than they do. If they had sniper rifles, they’d be able wipe out whole villages and devour the residents. Assuming for the moment that polar bears could...