The Real Spirit of Giving

The Real Spirit of Giving

This special day got me thinking about America’s spirit of giving, and I don’t mean this overdone business of Christmas gifts. I mean our true spirit of giving — giving of ourselves. Yes, we’re a country of rugged individualists. Yet there’s...
Don’t Squat in Your Spurs or Be an Idiot

Don’t Squat in Your Spurs or Be an Idiot

June is the month of the summer solstice and America’s biggest blizzard. I don’t mean a weather event blowing in from the Arctic, but a merciless storm of words blowing from the mouths of commencement speakers at high school and college graduations. This...

Raise My Taxes, Please

President Obama has made it clear that he wants to erase the Bush-era tax cuts for the highest earners in the country, even as he preserves the tax cuts for middle- and working-class Americans. There are plenty of Republicans and even some Democrats who are ready to...