McDonald's is clean, fast, and has consistent quality.  There is a large drive-in chain in this area whose double cheeseburgers with mayo, and chili dogs are delicious, but we can only risk those items at peak times for fear of illness.  McDonald's appears to know something about food safety, and they seem to care abou...more

Managing a society is tricky business.  You must provide minimal support for those that cannot, or will not, work to keep crime at a manageable level.  It often costs less to fund such programs directly, rather than incarcerate these individuals when they turn to crime.  Similarly, a successful society must also provid...more

So, if  you are covered by Medicare, and you go into the hospital for a week or so, you must pay 20% out of your own pocket.  How?  How many retirees can pull $20,000+ out of their pocket?  Medical costs in this country are far out of control.  Obamacare didn't get it done, but we must continue to work this issue, befo...more

Oh yes, and it has nothing to do with race.  I would pay more, a lot more, for products made in America, by Americans.  Exporting so many good jobs was one of the biggest mistakes in American history.  The other was permitting a foreign invasion simply to take advantage of a low-cost workforce.  Oh, and then there was ...more

A simplified tax code would immediately render all this activity unnecessary.  Imagine how easy it would be to enforce a flat tax for everyone.

Killing is often necessary, particularly in the preparation of food, but it is never art, performance or otherwise.

Twenty-first century computer technology at it's finest!  We are truly living the dream.  No supersonic transports, almost no space program, but we have tweeting diapers.

My, the twenty-first century is an odd place.  We have a high school athlete pointing his index finger up, which is interpreted to be some kind of religious gesture, and therefore very bad.  In the same relative time frame we have a professional athlete that expresses his desire to have sex with other men, and he is a ...more

That's just stupid.  Grow up America.  If we work at it, we can move common sense back into main-stream society.