Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Freedom Does Not Equal Polygamy And Heroin

by Shikha Dalmia.       Cultural conservatives can’t be too happy about the country’s growing tolerance for gay marriage and legal marijuana, both of which a slim majority now supports. This erosion of traditional moral codes, they fear, will put America on the highway to Gomorrah. But removing government from the business of      ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Whose Welfare?

Theories about culture trump welfare of humans.    If there is ever a contest for the law with the most grossly misleading title, the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 should be a prime candidate, because the last thing this Act protects is the welfare of Indian children. The theory behind the Indian Child Welfare Act is that an American Indian ... MORE

Tom McClusky: Fiscal Cliff Deal Penalizes Married Couples

Politicians vote incentive against marriage. When the “marriage penalty” first appeared in the tax code in 1969, most families had only one member working, and the tax provision was designed to give a tax cut to one-income families. Unfortunately, the tax failed to envision the growing number of women in the workforce. Today in most families,      ... MORE

Rich Lowry: The Party Of Government

Democrats have one true allegiance.     At the Democratic National Convention, the Charlotte host committee knew its audience. “Government,” the narrator says in a video produced by the committee for the opening of the convention, “is the only thing we all belong to.” The Obama campaign quickly disavowed the video. But it captured all  ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Gross Ignorance For The Underclass

The welfare state is an equal opportunity destroyer.   Anthony Daniels, who writes under the pen name Theodore Dalrymple, is a retired prison doctor and psychiatrist who tells of his experiences with his patients in "Life at the Bottom." It's an insightful book of essays about the self-destructive behavior and attitudes of the underclass. In one essay ... MORE

Karen Harned: Top 5 Freedoms Threatened By ObamaCare

Among many others.    The U.S. Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments in NFIB vs. Sebelius, the cardinal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, on Monday, March 26th. As an indication of its importance, the Justices have allotted six hours for arguments  ... MORE

Doug Giles: 13 Politically Incorrect Gun Rules

Guns have only two enemies, rust and politicians.  Gun lovers. Herewith are thirteen things to remember when carrying your weapon.  BTW- this list is not original.  I’ve Google up the bullet points but alas …I got nada in regards to who penned it. If and when someone schools me on who the author is you can rest assure that I’ll give him or her proper praise.  Enjoy. ... MORE