Can anyone say "normalcy bias?". Sen. Coburn correctly said this is the most predictable crisis in this great country's history. When the Titanic was was going down there were no doubt those who decried the manner in which the crew was acting to save the people. I for one began several years ago insulating myself from this crisis as much as possible. I feel for all those who chose to ignore the real problem and politic as usual. America is great in so many ways and economically we still dominate the world scene. We are resilient and we yet retain much of the fabric that helped us to become the great nation we are. But all is not well and we are not bullet-proof. Our greatest enemy is not Al Qeada nor is it China. Our greatest...

I believe it is incumbent on all who have to give back to society. So the issue or redistribution of wealth is not as heinous as some make it sound. Clearly the problem lies in the method not the mandate. Some would say that relying on individuals to be responsible for redistributing their own wealth is not adequate since greed will too often take over and they will not redistribute it in the right manner or portion. The counter is that forcing redistribution by a the government is rife with misuse and corruption. Both are true. But history and experience (objective non-idealogical experience) shows that governmental redistribution is far less effective and it is not exactly an invalid argument to say that it violates individual...

I believe it is incumbent on all who have to give back to society. So the issue or redistribution of wealth is not as heinous as some make it sound. Clearly the problem lies in the method not the mandate. Some would say that relying on individuals to be responsible for redistributing their own wealth is not adequate since greed will too often take over and they will not redistribute it in the right manner or portion. The counter is that forcing redistribution by a the government is rife with misuse and corruption. Both are true. But history and experience (objective non-idealogical experience) shows that governmental redistribution is far less effective and it is not exactly an invalid argument to say that it violates individual...

Okay, yes...the supply-demand law works in oil markets just as in all free markets. However...the current run up in prices is far less a due to the supply-demand factor, whether exacerbated by speculators or straight supply-demand from delivery, as it is due to the natural relation of oil price to the value of the currency. Oil is priced in dollars. Dollars are quickly becoming worthless. So oil, as measured in terms of dollars, is growing more expensive. In reality oil has actually become slitly cheaper recently in terms of real money. I happen to have 63,000 bbls I am having a devil of a time getting rid of and I'm talking physical oil sitting in tanks. There is not a supply demand problem presently. There is a rapid and...

What do think is going on with Gov Walker, Gov Kasich, Gov Daniels, Gov Christie, etc. We are clearly not powerless and our votes have been heard. We are on the counterattack and it is drawing blood. Unfortunately, the lame stream media is characterizing this battle against the union workers rather than against the union leadership. But to quote the chief in the classic movie The Outlaw Josie Wales, "we shall endeavor to persevere."

Picture the odd situationadhere someone hada gun pressed to his temple held by a maniac who clearly wants to kill him. Now picture the even crazier scenario where that person boldly and confidently proclaimed that he did not believe in bullets so he had nothing to fear. Now I ask you, would his disbelief in bullets change the outcome when the maniac pulled the trigger? I am continuously astonished at the cavelier confidence people profess in the relativity of their beliefs. Now what if that same person were warned by a right thinking individual that bullets are indeed real and unless he does something to disarm that maniac then he will surely die only to respond "well that is your truth but not not my truth." Huh? This little...

At the core of Eliza Doolittle was a lady so her story turned out happy. But the reality is, you will eventually found out if you are not real. At the core of unions you will find thuggery and a lust for raw power. You can clothe this is all sorts of righteous flowery words of stated noble intentions but a turd is a turd even when it is doused in perfume. Unions are being stressed and the bloom is falling off the rose. Their true stench is starting to show through and they will soon be hoist on their own petard. Let them employ their tactics. For every measure of success their tactics allow them to achieve, the price of ultimate exposure will sink them further into oblivion. The unfortunate part of all this is the collateral...

Barbara, I would agree with your solutions to high gas prices if the cause of the problem were a imbalance in supply and demand. But such is not the case. There is ample supply and demand is waning. (although the potential supply disruption due to the fact we get so much oil from unfreindlies is also a problem that need be addresses). The root of the current run up in gasoline prices is pretty much purely a function of the weakness of the dollar and the power of speculators. With a wek dollar money is being parked in hard assets with real value such as precious metals and petroluem. I do not believe prices will ameliorate much until the dollar stabilizes. And I do not see the dollar stabilizing anytime soon with the circus monkeys...

How thoroughly fun. This thread of posts to this article is a perfect microcosm of the gulf between libs and cons...which is to say, let's take a pinch of reason a dash of truth, throw in a cup of ideology and couple gallons of raw emotion and wala...we have a good old fashioned partisan debate. I especially love the comments by the libs referring to their natural superior compassion and concern for the average Joe. Gotta love it!!! It doesn't get much more predictable than that. Okay. Let's try another tack. Let's just assume that the difference between the libs and cons is not in their compassion or concern but in their methodology. I know that is absurd but humor me. So what does this mean? Well let's take welfare as an...

If medical costs go up should we tax all hospitals? Car prices have inexorably increased year after year. Should we not increase taxes on automobile manufacturers? Food prices are going through the roof. Let's stick it to those farmers. Good grief? Could we be any more ridiculous? To the degree that prices are increasing due to a supply-demand imbalance does it not make sense to incentivize an increase in supply? Oil companies are the only thing standing between complete energy insecurity and our mostly insecure present state. So de-incentivizing these companies from increasing supply at best will only moderately exacerbate the problem. But all this assumes the high fuel prices are the result of a supply demand imbalance. Well,...