The expectations of our highest earners, who usually live in urban areas, are not the same as those of people living in poverty in rural areas.

Another day in Jurassic park.

Does it really matter if she pre-recorded her wonderful rendition of the National Anthem or sang it live?  I can't believe the media fixation on this issue.

There is no such a thing as a perfect society, but compared to China, I'll take the USA any day.  Only a person consumed by hatred and intolerance can compare life in a country like China, where labor rights are almost non-existent, where women are treated like second class citizens, where tens of thousands of girls ar...more

There is a price tag associated with no state taxes.  In the case of Texas, it includes one of the worst education systems in the country, unacceptabe levels of high school dropouts, indequate and expensive healthcare, and above average poverty.  Yes, they could - and perhaps should - secede.  I wonder how they will pa...more

Our inability to compete, and preclude outsourcing, because of labor costs and inefficient processes, highlights the need to invest in education with special focus on hard science and high tech.  Assembly line work is gone, the areas that will thrive in the future are healthcare, biomedical engineering, computer scienc...more

As the grandfather of a U.S. soldier I am all in favor of doing whatever it takes to minimize risk and keep our troops safe, regardless of which branch of the Armed Forces they serve in, but the best way to achieve that is not by changing uniforms, instead we should sty out of countries where we are not welcome and sto...more

The safest cities are those with a high percentage of 400 white males too lazy to get off their video games and drugs to do harm to others.

Since President Obama's policies were blamed for the market going down a few weeks ago should we assume he is going to be credited for it going up now?  The truth is that in a global economy, with stocks traded worldwide, many of "our" companies being multinationals, and fiscal or economic problems in far away problems...more