First, I want to wish you all a Happy 4th of July. I’ve been thinking about the meaning of Independence Day, a day on which we as a people publicly declared our desire to be masters of our own destiny, to chart our own course as a free and independent society no longer under the [...]
Happy July 4th: Declaring Energy Independence
July 4th, 2008 · No Comments
The Cost of a Bad Economy
November 30th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The New York Times recently published two troubling articles about hunger and poverty in America. Both exposés place in sharp relief the problems many Americans are experiencing in these days of skyrocketing food, fuel, and health care inflation.
The first article concerns the plight of senior citizens from Maine who live below the poverty line. Having [...]