Business as Usual in Washington

By Byron Harvey / March 10, 2009 /

Senate Passes $410 Billion Spending Bill I’m wondering how many folks are still left who think that our new president represents “change”, because this looks an awful lot like the same old, same old, from both the Republicrats and the Demicans. I wondered why Richard Shelby and Thad Cochran, ostensibly conservatives, would back this porker…

The (Worthless) United Nations

By Byron Harvey / March 6, 2009 /

Americans think it’s a grand waste of time. Only 26% support it–which is 26% too many, of course–but it’s a start. But of course, we’ll keep pouring billions of good money after bad…

What I Told the DNC About Rush Limbaugh

By Byron Harvey / March 6, 2009 /

So the Democratic National Committee has embarked on a campaign to make Rush Limbaugh the face of the Republican Party. Now, I’m not a Republican (and certainly not a Democrat), so in one sense, I don’t care, but what they’ve decided to do run a contest for people to send in 10-word-or-less messages for Rush,…

Capitalism? Moral. Socialism? Immoral. Any Questions?

By Byron Harvey / March 5, 2009 /

This nearly-25-year-old piece by Ronald Nash is absolutely tremendous in this day of Comrade Obama’s rush to socialism, explaining why unfettered capitalism–something I’ve never seen in my lifetime, by the way–is the most moral, most productive economic system possible. Socialism, Capitalism, and the Bible Excerpts: I will say nothing more about that deplorable economic system…