By Les Dunaway
In a debate co-sponsored by NYSE and Corporate Responsibility (CR) magazine’s COMMIT!Forum the Agenda 21 people made clear their agenda – the destruction of capitalism. Of course, anyone who has looked at the website wasn’t surprised.
[Reuters report] [Advisor One report] … Read more...By Les Dunaway
“When institutions protect the liberty of individuals, greater prosperity results for all.”
Adam Smith in “The Wealth of Nations”, 1776
This truth is a key measure of the fitness of a government to survive. When any government fails this test, the citizens of that government must resort to another statement, written the same year:
…We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
The Chicago Cubs led the New York Mets by 9½ games in the National League East late in the 1973 Major League Baseball season. Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra summed up the situation like this:
“It ain’t over till it’s over.”
Yogi Berra was right about baseball in 1973. The Mets ended up winning the division in the last game of the season.
… Read more...By J. Randolph Evans
Once upon a time, there was a new football coach at a prestigious university. Now, this was not just any university football program. It was a team that had a long and storied history of success. Yet, recent troubles had prompted the university to bring on a new coach – full of promises of better things yet to come.
… Read more...By Les Dunaway
Well, we now have President Obama’s plan to “to put more people back to work and more money in the pockets of those who are working”. A long list of business leaders had little hope that the speech would contain anything substantive. They were proven right. What we got was more of the same, both in terms of the programs offered and the tax increases to pay … Read more...
Observations©
By Don Coakley
Is the United States Constitution termite proof? No! So why would anyone even ask such a question? For two reasons!
The first reason: On September 17th United States will celebrate the 224th anniversary of the signing of that unique and world changing document.
The second reason: There is a powerful similarity between the damage caused by termites to my home recently and the destructive damage … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
On September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush said in a televised address from the White House to the nation:
A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.
America was targeted for … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
Every seventy one (71) seconds, it strikes another victim in America. Former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt confirmed last week that she has been diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. Coach Summitt has won more games (1,071) than any other college coach, with eight national championships and 39 seasons. She is only 59.
After some anger and denial, Coach Summitt said this after learning … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
During the budget debate last December, during the lead-up the the debt-ceiling debate, … I’ve listened to statements made by various politicians, pundits and some real people. I’ve concluded that there really are people who believe that we can just raise taxes to support any desired level of spending. When they are asked about the example of Spain, Portugal, Greece, Ireland, … they respond “Well, that’s Europe; … Read more...