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Author: marc
Marc is a software developer, writer, and part-time political know-it-all who currently resides in Texas in the good ol' U.S.A.
Saving the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard Could Endanger Oil Production
As a friend of mine said after reading this article, "Step on the thing and start drilling!" I’ve been to this part of the country and, with due respect to Midland/Odessa, there’s only one reason for the Permian Basin to exist: to serve up oil and gas for the rest of the country. This little…
The Importance of State-level Authority
The Founding Fathers never intended for us to be ruled by a monolithic central government and the reason should be obvious, even to a big-government liberal: Democracy is a never-ending experiment. For it to work, we need competition of ideas inside government as well as in the business world. As much policy as possible should…
Pakistan and Hiding bin Laden
Does anyone seriously believe that the Pakistani government did not know Osama bin Laden was living – and living large – in their country? Please. Pakistan’s intelligence service is corrupt, but they are far from incompetent. At best they turned a blind eye to the U.S.’s most-wanted terrorist. But it’s far more likely parts of…
High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries
The NY Times: “When we don’t get the results we want in our military endeavors, we don’t blame the soldiers. And yet in education we do just that. At the moment, the average teacher’s pay is on par with that of a toll taker or bartender. So how do teachers cope? Sixty-two percent work outside…
What Americans Must Do
The American economy is built on the illusion of hope rather than the foundation of economic reason. Our immediate, desperate need to balance the current budget, reduce the total deficit, and embrace profitability as the single most important financial fundamental is something that transcends political parties and narrow ideological interests. We must hold Washington accountable…
I don’t want to hear another w…
I don’t want to hear another word about Pres. Obama’s birth cert. It’s irrelevant. He’s making a mess of his job. Isn’t that enough to know?
Moving Toward Fiscal Responsibility
FreedomWorks provides a very telling graph demonstrating the country’s recent, belated move toward fiscal responsibility: There are two caveats to be aware of in regard to this recent trend. The first is that the House’s budget has not passed and is therefore only a proposal at this point. Great harm can still be done by…
The U.S. has a debt ceiling to…
The U.S. has a debt ceiling to force Congress and the president to at least acknowledge they’re doing something wrong when writing budgets.
How Rich I Am
Facts as the web sees them are infinitely malleable, so I’m taking Global Rich List’s result with a grain of salt: Another thing to consider relative to my extraordinary selfishness is that my fixed expenses are undoubtedly in the top 2% as well. Still, it is food for thought. One can sponsor a child through…