Rights and Liberties
Friday, May 11th, 2012
May 11, 2012
By Katy Grimes
When you think of arugula, champagne and caviar, the Ritz Hotel and the Upper West Side, what often comes to mind is effete, out of touch elitists ... limousine liberals who deem themselves the upper crust, and the rest of us as peasants.
The upper crust is also...
Friday, April 20th, 2012
April 20, 2012
By Katy Grimes
The unwavering fundamental of being American is individual freedom. Man is constitutionally free in America. And the only legitimate purpose of government is to preserve individual freedom. A government whose purpose has become coercive cannot be one based on the...
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
MARCH 20, 2012
Songs and books have been written about the importance of living every day as if it will be your last. While a seemingly noble concept, living out each day indulging in special moments and treats instead of addressing responsibilities could be seen as a little self-indulgent.
...
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
DEC. 29, 2011
We live in a state where neighbors rat-out neighbors at the behest of the government. California has turned into such a totalitarian state that friends, neighbors and family are encouraged to turn “violators” over to the cops.
People have been conditioned by the government to...
Friday, December 9th, 2011
DEC. 9, 2011
A school district in Stockton has outlawed Santa and the poinsettia plant. But snowmen and snowflakes are okay.
The latest assault on Christmas is so ridiculous, it’s barely worthy mentioning. However, it makes clear that what is happening in America is not just an assault on Ch...
Friday, November 11th, 2011
NOV. 11, 2011
Being offended has become something of an art form. Those who are really good at it can make a great deal of money.
Jesse Jackson has demonstrated his skill for this for decades, with many professional shakedowns of major corporations under his belt. The corporations he assau...
Monday, August 29th, 2011
AUG. 29, 2011
Much of California's public schools are mommy, daddy and nanny to a growing number of socially inept children. But even with the new parents, far too many children are still ill-prepared for college, the workplace or adulthood.
“My own research shows that there generally is a n...
Monday, August 15th, 2011
AUG. 15, 2011
A new cable TV police series, "Against The Wall," is about a woman from a family of Chicago police officers who becomes a detective in the department's Internal Affairs unit. This causes outrage among her police brothers and father, who view such internal oversight as treasonous. I ...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
JULY 18, 2011
With many public schools now feeding children breakfast and lunch, and even forbidding parents to send homemade lunches to school for their children, it is obvious that the state has decided that it is a better parent.
Many school principals say they are encouraging “health...
Monday, July 18th, 2011
JULY 18, 2011
Thanks to a little-discussed state Supreme Court decision in January, the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment protections against "unreasonable searches and seizures" don't necessarily apply in California anymore.
Yet few of our fellow citizens have been upset about this sad los...
|
|