It doesn’t matter.

President Obama recently said that it doesn’t really matter who the Republican nominee winds up being. For once, I agree with him.

What Scrooge teaches about greed & charity.

An idea that Rush Limbaugh put forth on his program a few days ago set me thinking. The question Limbaugh asked was which has been a greater force for good in the world, greed or charity?

When the goodies stop coming.

The civil unrest earlier this year in Greece, the protracted fight over public employee unions earlier this year in Wisconsin and now a crippling strike in London during the holiday season all serve to illustrate a very important truth. Once the government starts handing out goodies, it’s hard to stop.

The septic tank of major college athletics.

That Penn State’s program had a pedophile in its midst is not the felony. The felony is that upon discovery of that horror, considerations other than what was right for the victims of unspeakable crimes carried the day.

A 30-second lesson on Big Govermment.

If you need a clear object lesson on the pitfalls of trusting in grand, government-created schemes handed down from Olympian heights, the national Emergency Alert System test should serve nicely.

Paying on both ends.

With the best of intentions, the government has become the driving economic force in both higher education and in health care. In both cases, costs are out of control.

Your doctor’s massive pay cut.

Last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, MPAC, yet another government panel that you probably didn’t know existed, voted to impose massive payment reductions upon doctors who see patients under Medicare.