Emmett J. Hoops· Minimum wage laws rigidify urban poverty. Picture this: You get $8.50/hr. in a town where you can buy a house for $60,000.…
The “Defense” budget
Posted on 0 commentTalk about a bunch of doggerel: six hundred billion dollars for “defense.” They used to call it the War Department, before 1945; unless there was…
This Pope
Posted on 0 commentPope Francis isn’t a bad fellow at all. I know that today we’re expected to dissect every public figure to find out what isn’t all-good…
How television destroys reading comprehension
Posted on 0 commentI am not a big fan of television. I’m not really what one might call a fan of motion pictures, except for the ones that…
Well, this certainly stinks.
Posted on 0 commentPine beetles have been destroying the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Of course, they didn’t just recently develop an appetite for pines: they are called pine…