A Letter from Selective Service
I went home last week for Thanksgiving break to find a surprise waiting for me - a letter from Selective Service. Apparently I’d failed to register for Selective Service and was in danger of prosecution if I did not respond within 10 days. The registration for the draft, essentially - if it was ever needed, [...]
Predictions For the Next 4 Years
It’s been a few weeks since Barrack Obama won the Presidency, and already we’re seeing signs of his pro-government, socialistic tendencies. I’m not saying we’d necessarily see something radically different from John McCain, but Barrack Obama is the current President Elect and we must deal with it for at least four years.
In fact, additional bailouts [...]
Is Fast Food Immoral? LA Thinks So.
Well, the Los Angeles City Council has done it. They’ve successfully and unanimously passed an ordinance that prohibits the building of new fast-food restaurants in a 32-square-mile area. Over 500,000 low-income people live in this area. While it’s hard to deny the fact that eating fast food regularly is unhealthy, the LA City Council has [...]
Bailouts Devalue the Dollar and Hurt the Taxpayer
People say that by not bailing out certain “essential” companies, things will get much worse. This is probably true. However, solving this problem by bailing them out isn’t the answer. It might help temporarily, but it doesn’t help the value of the dollar. These bailouts, including the housing bailout and bailouts of failing banks, do [...]
