Is nothing sacred anymore? Must professional sports be infected by the push and pull of politics? Can’t football players just play the game and keep their opinions to themselves? There’s a battle being fought over homosexual marriage. Yes, professional football players have a right to voice their opinions, but can’t

France is about to die by its own hand. First, there’s a new wealth tax. Recently elected French President Francois Hollande proposed a budget that will raise taxes on the rich and big companies that will result in an increase of $20 billion euros ($26 billion) that includes “a levy

You’ve heard the song “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys.” With what’s going on in our military, we might need to sing a new song: “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Soldiers.” First, our government is sending soldiers to fight wars that are

Actress Ellen Barkin, who stars in the new TV series, “The New Normal,” better titled the New Abnormal, has tweeted “that as long as Barack Obama is President, the people of the United States belong to him.” “Yes I vote for Pres Obama . . . to protect his people,

I’ve had first-hand experience with the media. Most of it has not been good Some years ago I was interviewed by Tad Friend for New York Magazine. The title of the article was, “Does America Hate New York. . . Or Has it Just Stopped Caring?” The cover of the

The following was sent to me from a friend. I’ve spoken to a number of Cuban immigrants over the years, and I can testify that what you are about to read is true: “When I was about 9 years old I remember asking my dad about Fidel Castro. I asked,

The French Revolution was a bloody mess. Blood literally flowed in the streets. The god of reason was substituted for the only true God. When this happened, irrationalism served as a cruel and vindictive master. There’s a new revolution on the march in France. And while it might not be

We know that Obama supporters are as ignorant about economic issues as the president. They don’t care about economics as long as their college education is being paid for by other people. In 2008, there was a large turnout of youth voters, most of whom were college students. To get

There’s not much about Egypt’s president Mohammed Morsi that I agree with, but something he said the other day caught my attention. His comments might prove helpful in getting Americans to understand how our system of government should work: “Morsi criticized U.S. dealings with the Arab world, saying it is

When the leader of the free world lies to the world over and over again about an event that nearly everyone knew was untrue, it’s time for him to find another line of work. It’s shocking to me that more than 50 percent of voters say they will vote for

I received the following email from a couple who just returned from a trip to the Middle East: “My husband and I just came back from the Middle East. As we arrived in Cairo, going down the mechanical stairs to go to the baggage claim area, there’s this big poster

How do we know Romney sounds like a conservative? The media are attacking him for something he said in June that was surreptitiously recorded by, if the reports are true, Jimmy Carter’s grandson. Why would Carter’s grandson do this? It’s simple. He wants Obama to win a second term. With

I’ve written on the futility of third parties at this point in history, the illogic of the lesser of two evils mantra, and how conservatives give up too soon. As a result I’ve received some vicious attacks. That’s OK. I’m used to it. Others have appreciated my comments. Agree or

The Senate race in Virginia between Tim Kaine and George Allen is getting interesting. Democrat Senate candidate Tim Kaine said that he’s open to having a “minimum tax level for everyone.” This is an admission that Mitt Romney’s statement that 47 percent of wage earners don’t pay any federal income

Job security is important to everybody. But the government didn’t come to the rescue of other companies that were failing. The government came to GM’s rescue and let other companies die because there were millions of votes at stake in the rustbelt states of Ohio and Michigan and a union

Alan Colmes, a token liberal talker on Fox News, following liberal religious talking points, claims that Jesus “believed the rich should give to the poor.” Let’s assume that Colmes’ analysis of Jesus is correct on this point. This is a far cry from saying that rich people should be taxed

Of course we know who’s lying — the Obama Administration. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi last week was not premeditated. A top Libyan official says the attack was planned in advance. Who should we believe? Going back to

One of my habits is to read books and articles about social and political trends that were predicted more than 25 years ago to see how well the prognosticators did. I used to love to read Popular Mechanics magazine and the stories that were published about what the future will