According to an ESPN Sports Poll, Tim Tebow is now America’s favorite active pro athlete. Keep this in mind as you read this article. In the interest of full discloser, I was rooting for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Denver Broncos. I was born and raised in Pittsburgh and grew

Democrats attack conservatives who make a lot of money and oppose higher taxes. Republicans usually support people who have made a lot of money because people with money create jobs, and spend, invest, and save their money. All of these actions lead to higher employment, capitalization of new businesses, and

The phrase “Let them eat cake” is attributed to Marie Antoinette. It is claimed to have been said by her during one of the famines that occurred in France during the reign of her husband Louis XVI. Upon being alerted that the people were suffering due to widespread bread shortages,

In 2011, the Archie Comic book franchise announced that it was adding a homosexual character to join Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and Betty. “Life with Archie,” issue 16, features an “interracial, same-sex wedding of character Lt. Kevin Keller, a white American soldier wounded in Iraq, and Clay Walker, the black physical

When John Harrison was a senior at Druid Hills High School in DeKalb County, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, he was miffed when he was rebuffed by parents at a private school when they refused to purchase a discount coupon for Domino’s Pizza. The money was to go to his

Obamanomics has been described as Robin Hood economics, taking from the rich to give to the poor. Actually, Robin Hood took back from the king (and in some traditions of the story from corrupt clergymen) what had been taken from the people by the government. In terms of popular culture’s

Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense, makes an often neglected point. Using Matthew 22:21 to support the claim that civil governments are not to be questioned or confronted by lesser magistrates or the people is misplaced and misunderstood. Israel was under the domination of Rome. We don’t live under Caesar

“Better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know” is a popular proverb. It is better to deal with a person or thing you know, even if you do not like them, than to deal with a new thing or person who could be even worse. We know

I’m a contingency planner. My business partner is a risk-taking entrepreneur of the highest magnitude. We make a good team. When he’s pushing the envelope of a new business venture, I’m asking the “what will happen if” questions. A business needs to be prepared for the unknown. Our companies prepared

“[T]he English students at Harvard University once insisted on the Boston telephone book being placed on the reading list alongside the works of Shakespeare as . . . there is no greater merit in the one than the other. Good and evil are, therefore, totally relative to the society in

Fairness, class warfare, and social justice are bandied about as reasons for mandated wealth redistribution. There has always been wealth disparity in the United States. The Bible even says that the poor will always be with us. But how poor is poor? Even the Jubilee principle of returning the land

The following is from Scott Whitlock who writes for News Busters: An angry Chris Matthews on Thursday denounced Rick Santorum, smearing the Republican as wanting a “theocracy” to “trump” the Constitution. The MSNBC anchor ranted about birth control after playing a clip of Santorum on “The Bill O’Reilly Show.” Any

President Obama said the following in making his so-called recess appointments and bypassing Congress, “When Congress refuses to act — and as a result, hurts our economy and puts our people at risk — then I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them.” These are

As I was getting ready for work yesterday morning, I was watching the 1949 film The Red Danube. It stars Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, a very young and trim Angela Landsbury (Murder She Wrote), Ethel Barrymore, and Janet Leigh. Pidgeon plays British Col. Michael “Hooky” Nicobar who is assigned to

Yes, you read that right. Nearly a half-billion dollars went to Planned Parenthood in one year: According to its latest annual report, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) received $487.4 million in tax dollars over a twelve-month period and performed 329,455 abortions. Previous Planned Parenthood annual reports showed total

Learning a foreign language is difficult for lots of people. The older you get, the more difficult it becomes. Some people find that it’s easy to learn a new language, and once you learn one new language, subsequent languages are less difficult to master. I’ll never know, because English is

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has announced that she is supporting a pro-homosexual marriage bill. As secularists become more consistent with their godless worldview, they eventually make irrational decisions that go against years of practiced common sense and quantified observational consequences. “Although Democrats hold majorities in both Washington state’s chambers, a

Thom Hartmann is the host of the nationally-syndicated radio show The Thom Hartmann Program. He is a liberal with a background in business. It’s important to note that he’s made a lot of money in his life, so much in fact that he has been able to retire at an