IRS targets Americans for political reasons, the Administration targets the Press, Sebelius shakes down private businesses, Benghazi lies continue . . . and the media are still yawning

Consider for a moment, if this were still the George W. Bush administration in office.  First we have the revelations this past week about the deliberate lies and the cover-up in the wake of the administration’s failures at Benghazi, which cost four Americans their lives.  Next comes the bombshell that the IRS has …

As more facts slowly come to light about the Boston Marathon bombers, it feel in some ways we wind up with more questions than answers.  Here, after all, were two young men who to all outward appearances were the model of American immigrants.  They spoke excellent English, did well in American schools, were liked and respected by their peers, and even expressed the sort of dreams many of us might have, at least in the case of the elder brother …

I was out doing some work late today, picking up a few things.  The news had been dominated over whether there was or was not an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombing case, so I really wasn’t expecting anything other than media navel-gazing over how wrong they had gotten one story line after another all afternoon.  But when I started my truck and the radio came on, I was met with what sounded to me like a whiny, petulant little …

One of the many things about which I was lied to during my primary-school education was that the American Civil War was simply about slavery.  Properly understood, the Civil War was about many other things, although slavery certainly was the principal catalyst.

If one were to listen only to contemporary civil rights leaders in this country, one would come away with the impression that slavery was a uniquely American sin.  You also would get the clear impression that it was eradicated …

Senate Democrats & Republicans reached an agreement today on terms of a new law requiring the registration of all women’s stiletto-heel shoes.  After months of wrangling over details including the length of the heel, and its material composition, leaders of the upper chamber announced this morning they had arrived at a bill both sides felt could muster the necessary 60 votes to end debate and pass to a floor vote. A major obstacle was overcome when the Republican committee members …

So I was going to go on a little snark-fest about how Obama must have been so happy with Beyonce and her hubby Jay-Z over their support during his campaign that he arranged a little payback in the form of a waiver of the travel restrictions to Cuba so they could spend their anniversary there.  It’s certainly no more ridiculous an accusation than all the favors GWB supposedly did for all his “rich oil buddies” the liberals always …

This isn’t really a political topic, this goes a little deeper, to how you think and react when someone doesn’t agree with things you think or say.

I have two Facebook friends who are alike in nearly every way.  Both are women, of approximately the same age, married, smart, and would consider themselves independent-thinking and open minded.  And both were strong advocates of the anti-Monsanto “movement” which for those of us who have only peripherally been paying attention to it, is …

Sometime back in about 2003, I was listening to some long-forgotten guest being interviewed on a radio show about the dire, pending crisis with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two giant, government-backed institutions who back much of the mortgage industry.  I won’t delve into an explanation of who they are and how they work here, because today many more people are familiar with the story.  But this was 2003, when the economy was just starting to boom, and if …

On Wednesday, Dianna DeGette, Congresswoman from Colorado, made the stunningly ignorant statement that once the bullets are fired from a high-capacity magazine, the magazine becomes useless, and is discarded.  What’s really amazing is that DeGette is the primary sponsor of the House bill proposing outlawing high capacity magazines, so one would assume she would have an authoritative knowledge on the topic.  After all, if your job is to write legislation on a specific subject, legislation all the rest …

Senator Ted Cruz has inspired something of a resurgence of the “Birther” phenomenon over the past week or two.  I continue to be amazed at depth of ignorance on the definition of the term natural born citizen and the certainty with which people continue to repeat false assertions about the meaning of this term.  A small sampling of the sort of thing you can find on this topic around the Internet:

“Acquiring US citizenship at birth is not the same thing …