Year: 2014

Quite simply, from pharmaceuticals to motion pictures to software, India is stealing our stuff. India ranks dead last among major economies in protection of intellectual property rights, according to a comprehensive analysis by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. And despite lots of talk and visits from Secretary of State John Kerry and Vice President Joe […]

As I write this, Thomas Piketty’s book “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” is No. 1 on Amazon.com. It’s been deemed an “important book” by a bunch of smart people. Why not? It validates many of the preconceived notions progressives have about capitalism: Inequality is growing. Mobility is shrinking. Meritocracy is dead. We all live in […]

Afghanistan is not, as the media calls it, “America’s longest war.” : In reality, that is the government’s “War on Poverty.”In 1986, President Ronald Reagan bluntly said, “poverty won.” : After 50 years, we’re still losing the War on Poverty. The percentage of people living in poverty isn’t much different from when President Lyndon Johnson committed us […]

The Obama administration doesn’t have watchdogs. It has whitewash puppies. The president’s Chicago bullies have defanged true advocates for integrity in government in D.C. from day one. So the latest report by the Senate Homeland Security and Government Operations Committee on corruptocrat Charles K. Edwards, the former Department of Homeland Security inspector general, isn’t a […]

As soon as someone mentions BPA (bisphenol A), I recall the glasses and glass containers our family now uses to replace the plastic containers that previously populated our cupboards.Like many moms, my top priority is keeping my kids safe, so I was concerned about BPA in the past. When the media began reporting BPA might […]

I think we all know what Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy coming into office was. Step 1: Be Barack Obama (and not George W. Bush). Step 2: ???? Step 3: World peace! (With apologies to “South Park.”) As a candidate, Obama held a huge campaign rally in, of all places, Berlin, touting his bona fides […]

Sonia Sotomayor is a wonderful role model. Truly. Through hard work, brains and rare self-discipline at an early age, she was able to overcome poverty and family dysfunction to become what she is today. She was diagnosed at the age of 7 with Type 1 diabetes, and because her father was an alcoholic and her […]

One of the many ironies surrounding President Obama is that for all his harping on income inequality — his most recent obsession designed to stir Americans against one another — his policies have exacerbated it. Obama, the self-professed bipartisan uniter, is never content to seek remedies to improve opportunity for all Americans. He has to […]

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ended legal segregation in public schools with a unanimous 9-0 decision in Brown v. Board of Education. While the ruling paved the way for future integration of American society, the court itself was far from integrated. The decision was reached by nine white men. It wasn’t until Thurgood Marshall […]