I grew up in Minnesota. We did not even have a yard. Our house was on 5 acres of woods that was itself surrounded by 100 or more acres of woods. Yes, my childhood was very much like Christopher Robin growing up in the Hundred Acre Wood. I even had a [...]

It is alarming to hear gleeful democrats say that the mistaken policies of the last 30 years are now to be jettisoned.  What policies exactly?  In a nutshell it is the reduction of state participation in the economy.  As the chart below demonstrates, it is hard to view the policies that started with Reagan as [...]

I remember during the campaign watching this youtube movie where the woman gets all excited that Obama is going to pay for her gas and mortgage.  At the time it was a joke and everyone had a good laugh.  Well, it turns out Obama IS going to pay for her mortgage in the event.  And [...]

Apparently it wasn’t enough for Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to lie about the fact that the Homeowner Satbility Initiative the president is proposing does by its terms extend taxpayer help “our neighbors” who bent the system so they could buy a much better house than they could afford, while not helping those of us [...]