No, Scott Brown is not the Republican party’s savior. Mr. Brown has made that clear: “I’m Scott Brown, I’m from Wrentham, and I drive a truck.” And that truck is an old one. As the Boston Herald front page proclaimed, “He did it.” And so he did, as an independent thinker running under the Republican […]
The Death of Obamacare
A death blow to Obamacare was delivered when Scott Brown won the Massachusetts Senate race. But Scott Brown alone didn’t kill Obamacare; he just put the final nail in the coffin. Obamacare died because Americans simply don’t believe in its core tenets. The people Obamacare aimed to cover were not disadvantaged; they simply didn’t have […]
The Scott Heard Around the World
Don’t Miss the Historic Trend in Free Markets: Your Retirement May Depend on It
End The Fed
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plf-j6vFnQI At first glance, abolishing the Federal Reserve and returning to the gold standard seems a quaintly eccentric idea, but Texas congressman Paul presents a plan to eliminate our country’s central bank, and return to a private banking system, that’s both serious and plausible. The questionable aspects involve Paul’s predicted results: not only will ending […]
Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey
January 2010 Week 3 Ramsey Lewis is a jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist, and composer who has released approximately 80 albums over a 50-year career. After several years of live performances and over a dozen albums which only caught the attention of jazz fans, the Ramsey Lewis Trio made a huge impression on mainstream audiences with […]
Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey
Ramsey Lewis is a jazz pianist and multi-instrumentalist, and composer who has released approximately 80 albums over a 50-year career. After several years of live performances and over a dozen albums which only caught the attention of jazz fans, the Ramsey Lewis Trio made a huge impression on mainstream audiences with the 1965 album The […]
Evangelical Missions: Gold and Oysters
For years, Dick and I would arrive in New Orleans, drop our bags at our French Quarter hotel, and immediately head for the St. Charles streetcar. Riding to the Garden District, our first destination was always Pascal’s Manale for bivalves by the dozen at Pascal’s hallowed marble oyster bar. Don’t know which is more legendary: […]
Personal Security Top 10
Ten things I find necessary for personal security… 1) A proven supply of fresh water, provided by a well (with a manual pump backup); a swimming pool; a clean, fast-running stream; a lake with a good filtration system; or a cistern. 2) A full-house generator fueled by piped-in natural gas. 3) A large and efficient […]
Huge 100-Year Natural Gas Investment
Obama slows common sense solution…
Hi Times: The Hi Records R&B Years [BOX SET]
January 2010 Week 2 Hi Records was a label with personality, thanks in large part to its strongman, Willie Mitchell. Generally pictured as the rambunctious little brother of Stax, Hi actually dates back to 1957, but its heyday coincided with label golden-boy Al Green’s commercial flowering in the ’70s. Hi Times opens with a 1959 […]