May 18, 2013

Lessons from a Day of Infamy

President Franklin D. Roosevelt called it a day that would live in infamy. December 7, 1941, was the day that would, as some survivors recall, change America forever. In the midst of negotiations with Japan to avoid the United States’ entry into World War II, Japan attacked an unsuspecting navy lying at rest in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor. … [Read more...]

Time to Cut Back on Government

On February 8 Governor Perry gave his State of the State speech. In it he made some bold recommendations, not only for holding the line on state spending in light of the current economic downturn, but also for abolishing some state agencies and consolidating others. As is typical, Democrats argued that the proposed cuts were too much and too deep; in fact, some even stated that the reason we have … [Read more...]