Category: Common Sense

One of my favorite stories of all time has to be the story about the Ant and the Grasshopper, an Aesop Fable. As the story goes, the Grasshopper, not attentive to his future needs, spends the warm days of Spring…

Simple, but true: “…government doesn’t promote prosperity for prosperity’s sake, government promotes prosperity to achieve greater tax revenue.” — John Holstein

As painful as it may be for folks to come to terms with this idea, it’s never-the-less truthful. Truth is sometimes painful. It is also a dish seldom served without the aftereffects of indigestion. Folks want to believe that all…

Here in West Virginia, perhaps across the nation, we have what’s called a “Code Red” in our school systems…. If in the event a “Code Red” is issued, the teachers secure their classrooms by locking the doors and the kids/teachers…

‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an…