The Orange County Register, arguably the most authentic conservative voice among daily U.S. newspapers, the Wall Street Journal excluded, traditionally uses the end of the year to measure how much freedom has advanced during the previous 365 days.
The newspaper’s conclusion?

I went to the market to pick up a copy of today’s Orange County Register, and I was forced to take a serious double take in front of the newsrack.  A huge headline at the top of the paper shouted, “Saddam Hanged.”  Fine, but a few inches below it was an almost-as-large headline reading, “Tribute [...]

This is my last posting on Gerald Ford, I promise.  When the 38th President was honored by, of all people, Ted Kennedy for pardoning Richard Nixon, the Massachusetts senator had to eat a lot of crow, obviously, as he had vigorously opposed the pardon when it occurred. Still, it was Teddy who presented the John [...]

With the passing of Gerald Ford, I and many others, it appears, have had a sobering chance to reconsider not just the man but what he stood for.  Basically, Ford was an Eisenhower and Rockefellar type of Republican: Balance the budget, keep spending and taxes in line, and let the people live their lives.  How different is [...]

The thing that stands out in my mind about Gerald Ford is that he vetoed just about every damn high-spending, high-taxing bill that the Democrats could send his way. It didn’t take Jimmy Carter long to reverse that trend and, in the process, create the worst economy since the Great Depression.
That being that, the [...]

Hi folks, thanks for hanging in there. I’ve been off holidaying with the family like most of the world. Meanwhile, my ascerbic view of society remains unabated and will return soon.
Anyway, posts may be thin for a while due to both the holidays and the fact that I’m porting this blog over to [...]

“Ho, ho, ho,” he was heard to exclaim as he abused his official status to park illegally on the curb at the doorway to a Target store, while he yakked away on his cell phone to his girlfriend/wife. Some last-minute shopping on Christmas Eve is certainly nothing unusual, but to think you deserve special [...]

Hmmm…watch both videos of the sexually based (maybe–he said/she said) tirade between Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell and draw your own conclusions. Nuff said about this world of ours when this stuff is news.

Hmmm…watch both videos of the sexually based (maybe–he said/she said) tirade between Donald Trump and Rosie O’Donnell and draw your own conclusions. Nuff said about this world of ours when this stuff is news.

It seems that the current Miss USA, Tara Conner, got a little carried away with her crown and the New York City nightlife and started hitting the booze pretty hard. Understandable, but then she had to deal with the Donald, who owns half of the pageant. Wearing his best Solomonic crown, the Trumpster [...]