Yesterday, a TV guest argued US kids are getting their “butts kicked” by Asian countries in math and science according to recent test scores.  Not too long ago the suggestion (Race to Nowhere) was our kids are too stressed with too…

A recent NPR broadcast featured an Ivy league college professor discussing the role of government.  He thinks people are basically bad and government is therefore needed to rein-in those natural tendencies.  This view is one of the clearest and most…

The voting populace who are now largely investors, speculators gamblers (stocks, bonds, housing, small biz startups, you name it) turned into big Govt, bail-out Democrats in 2008 when they thought they could lose it all.  Like vacationers on a cruise ship rushing to the other…

As usual, analysis by both sides misses the mark. It does show though the over-regulation of the employer/employee relationship and the “damned if you do / damned if you don’t” conumdrum employers often find themselves in. If NPR doesn’t do…