Missing the Connection Between Politicians and Consequences
Today we have two widely separated instances of voters unable to grasp the connection between the people they elect to office and the policies and taxes that make them angry. In Montgomery County, MD —...
View ArticleWhite Reporter Contends Dark–Skinned People Can’t Control Themselves
Samantha Sunne had an authentically gritty New York City experience during a recent visit. She “spent four hours curled in a ball, balancing on a narrow wooden bench…trying to avoid the freezing...
View ArticleFootball Flashback to An Earlier Era
This season a remarkable decision took place on the next–to–last play of the Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State football game. This intra–state championship matchup dates back to 1904, but this matchup was...
View ArticleNFL Owners Can Afford to Build Their Own Stadium
Shocking election development in San Diego. Football one–percenters discovered the people who sweep NFL luxury boxes aren’t willing to subsidize box owners. Nestled far under the existential choice of...
View ArticleQuanah Parker’s House Joins Geronimo’s Teepee
It’s not every day you can lean on the dining room table that once belonged to the Comanche’s last war chief, Quanah Parker, and wonder if your feet are going to crash through the floorboards. The...
View ArticleTrump’s Wall Can Be a Memorial, Too
There’s been a great deal of controversy regarding who is going to pay for Trump’s border wall. The option that’s most popular is sending Mexico a bill. This would require the man Mark Steyn calls...
View ArticleBusiness Learns Trump Giveth and Trump Taketh Away
Conservatives always knew Trump’s policies would be a dog’s breakfast of competing initiatives and impulsive proposals. His State of the Administration speech only served to confirm it. There were...
View ArticleClimate Change Doesn’t Affect NWS Forecasts
How long would firemen remain the nation’s genial mascot if they forced you to move into a hotel for a few days because you smelled smoke in the garage? As you were wondering if ten years of chainsaw,...
View ArticleUnited Airlines Package Tours Now Include Hospitalization!
I’m old enough to remember when the United Airlines slogan was: “Fly the Friendly Skies of United.” Now, according to Twitter wag GoodJuJu, the new motto is: “Our Service Will Knock You Out!” It’s a...
View ArticleIt’s Not the Heat; It’s the Sensitivity in Global Warming
By Michael R Shannon The Heartland Institute’s 12th International Conference on Climate Change was nothing like I expected. When joining a group described in pejorative terms as “deniers,” one would...
View ArticleDr. Dao’s Loss Was Our Gain
By Michael R Shannon The saga of former United Airlines customer Dr. David Dao is getting more and more expensive for the airline. According to the Daily Mail, he didn’t get home with all his teeth or...
View ArticleWhy Expecting Subway Passengers to Pay Is Racist
By Michael R Shannon A select group of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) passengers discovered what happens when government ignores the “Broken Windows” theory of policing in favor of the left’s “Let It...
View ArticleThe Theater’s Alive With the Sound of Chewing
By Michael R Shannon When it comes to punishing customers, movie theater owners are in the same league as airlines. Just as airline CEO’s rarely travel commercial, theater CEO’s evidently never attend...
View ArticleNFL End Zones Now Sponsored by Jackass
By Michael R Shannon Sophistication functionaries all across the nation are in a tizzy. President Trump’s budget calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts, which is a festering...
View ArticleCalifornia Reinvents Medical Tourism
By Michael R Shannon Until very recently medical tourism was traveling from your home to find less expensive medical care, usually overseas. Medical tourists were leaving the warm embrace of the...
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