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Author Archives: DarkKnight3565
Trump vs. The Mean Kids
Full Disclosure: I don’t support Donald Trump. I do like him, though. I like him from my days as a fan of The Apprentice (the non-celebrity one), and I like how he battles his enemies, such as reading Lindsay … Continue reading
Posted in Current events/topics, Elections, GOP/RNC, Immigration
Tagged Daily Kos, Donald Trump, Huffington Post, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Rick Perry
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Same-Sex Marriage and the Man in the Sky
hat did homosexuals and the Progressives gain from the Supreme Court ruling on marriage? There are of course some financial benefits of being married – even over civil unions. Consumer Reports spells them out nicely: pointing out that “no matter where … Continue reading
God Don’t Never Change: Same-Sex Marriage
t does not seem that long ago that I was in a distinct minority in arguing — inspired no doubt by some noted libertarian, though whom I do not recall — that government should avoid being involved in defining what … Continue reading
The “Ridiculousness” of Ben Carson
n Wednesday, March 4, Dr. Ben Carson answered a question in such a way that it may have not only effectively ended his presidential campaign, but called into question his intelligence as well. Asked on CNN whether homosexuality is a … Continue reading
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Why Obama Doesn’t Love America
he Left hates to have their patriotism questioned, regardless of how much contempt they openly display of it. They can call it “a congenitally racist country,” as The Atlantic’s Ta-Nehisi Coates did; or say that “We began America with genocide, … Continue reading
Posted in Current events/topics, DNC/Democrats, Healthcare, Progressivism, Quotes, Race/Racism/Race Relations, racism, Religion
Tagged Ayn Rand, Bill Ayers, Common Core, Dodd-Frank, Frédéric Bastiat, Frederick Douglass, Friedrich Hayek, Jonathan Turley, Ludwig von Mises, Martin Luther King, Milton Friedman, Net Neutrality, obamacare, patriotic, patriotism, Rudy Giuliani, Sarbanes-Oxley, Saul Alinsky, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Sowell
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The Rise of Anti-Semitism in the West
n Sunday, February 15, 2015, almost immediately after a Jew was murdered outside of a synagogue in Copenhagen, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a Facebook message that amazed much of the world: “Radical Islamic terror struck again in Europe, … Continue reading
When Will a $400 Billion Deficit Be Considered Bad News?
One of the economic facts that President Obama touted in his 2015 State of the Union address to demonstrate that his “middle class economics” policies are working, is that “our deficits [have been] cut by two-thirds.” This has been a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Fiscal Issues
Tagged CBO, Jonathan Gruber, Lawrence Summers, Paul Krugman, President Obama, SOTU, Warren Buffett
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The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes’ famous history of the Great Depression, actually takes its title from another book, which was written by libertarian philosopher, William Graham Sumner, and titled What Social Classes Owe To Each Other. Published in 1883, Sumner … Continue reading
How Much is Obamacare Going To Cost Us, Anyway?
It is a tribute to President Obama and his allies that we are entering 2015 without a clear idea of how much Obamacare will cost us. It was the President after all who said as a presidential candidate in 2007 … Continue reading
Posted in Economy/Fiscal Issues, Healthcare, Progressivism, Small/Limited Government, Taxes
Tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, health care, obamacare
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