Michael Goodwin of the New York Daily News has an outstanding opinion piece that pretty much sums up my feelings towards the entire political culture at this point. Here is the key passage: Yet even “Tonight” host Jay Leno broke from full flattery to reveal his qualms about the meaning of the bonus tax. “Here’s something that [...]

Another must read from the Wall Street Journal. Here’s the key passage: U.S. President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received failing grades for their efforts to revive the economy from participants in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey . . . On average, they gave the president a grade of 59 out [...]

A must read article from today’s Wall Street Journal explaining why Obama’s cap and trade program is really a hidden tax on the other 95%. Here’s the key passage: Hit hardest would be the “95% of working families” Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat “unless you use energy.” Putting [...]

On Wednesday, the President took the unusual move of giving the country some stock advice. According to reports, he responded to a plunging Dow by opining that: “Profit and earning ratios are starting to get to the point where buying stocks is a potentially good deal if you’ve got a long-term perspective on it.” Hmmm [...]

Congressman Offers Preemptive Apology For Extramarital Affair (I know. It has nothing to do with Rev. Wright. I just love that picture.)

The Audacity of Grope

A must-read article from the Wall Street Journal.  Key passage: Even the most basic inspection of the IRS income tax statistics shows that raising taxes on the salaries, dividends and capital gains of those making more than $250,000 can’t possibly raise enough revenue to fund Mr. Obama’s new spending ambitions. Consider the IRS data for [...]

I sent a link to my last post to Namasté Solar, and they emailed me a very polite response. In the interest of fairness, I am reprinting the entire message here: Whether solar energy is worth investing in at the federal level is open to debate.  We welcome this debate.  We would like to provide [...]