Just back from a family vacation in the Granite State, this strong statement, the official motto of New Hampshire since 1945, adorns every license plate, and defines the very culture of this state. No other place so embodies the old fashioned Yankee virtues of industry, frugality, resolution, moderation, and order. The entire quote, written by
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Here’s a riddle for the season. Name a particular event that accounts for a substantial amount of retail sales. In fact, this event is, without question, the “make or break” component of retail sales for the entire year. Yet, this event is not mentioned by name by any merchant at any time. The answer, of
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Just think. If Bob Dole had not become the Republican presidential candidate in 1996, the Republicans may have actually put up someone credible, and Bill Clinton might have been limited to a single term. And, one Chester Trent Lott would not have become Senate majority leader. Lott’s career, while long, has been mostly undistinguished, except
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We have heard, for many years, that the US has an “unfavorable” trade balance with certain countries, including Japan and China, and that this is a very bad thing. This balance refers to the ratio of imports we bring in, to exports we ship out, calculated for a given trading partner. Consider Japanese cars, and
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After reading about the trials of Santa Monica (California) High School student Steve Miller, to say nothing of how many young minds are being poisoned every day, this seemed like an educational topic. THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES VICTIMS According to the National Education Association (NEA), the average salary of a U.S. public school teacher for the
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It was 381 years ago, in the autumn of 1621, when Plymouth Colony governor William Bradford invited certain neighboring Wampanoag Indians to join them in a three-day festival of feasting and fun (at least as much fun as Puritans could muster) in gratitude for the bounty of the recent harvest. These were high times, compared
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These days, the forensics-tinged true crime shows are all the rage, often out-performing the fictional network crime series. But what happens when the PERPS of a senseless homicide are employees of the local forensics lab? Add to this a love triangle, drugs, feuding families, and a perverse fascination with a perverse flick, and you have
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The lesson of the 2000 presidential election was not that George W. barely won. Rather, it was that a two-term incumbent vice president, in a good economy, did not absolutely crush his opponent. After all, Bush was the made-to-order straw man for the Dems. Rich and privileged, somewhat inarticulate, labeled as “dumb,” not as cool
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The DC sniper case has been cracked, and it’s turned out to be a PC-pinko-lib’s worst nightmare. Contrary to the great expectations of Wolf Blitzer, Katie Couric, Maureen Dowd, and all the rest of the useful idiots, the perp is NOT a gun-toting Christian white male heterosexual. Not by a long shot! The perps are
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With the body count up to nine, and no end in sight, Metro Washington, DC is gripped with anxiety. Retail sales are way down, people are afraid to pump gas, and athletic events have been either canceled or moved hundreds of miles away. So what are we to make of this latest outrage, striking us
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