Open Primaries or Closed Primaries? Chuck Schumer of New York has published an article about how this country needs to trash the primary voting the way it currently sits and go to an “open primary”. I will admit, when I read the headlines I thought it had merit. But as I read…
Three Mergers that will Dip into the Consumers Pocketbook Consumers are likely to get it stuck to them again. Big mergers are being considered in Congress that will take away the little guy and install a monopoly in its place. It doesn’t seem that long ago that Congress split up Ma Bell…
Illinois Signs Bill Prohibiting Employers to Ask about Criminal History Are we Serious? Bill number is HB5701 From the Illinois Review: Gov. Pat Quinn will sign legislation prohibiting all private employers from asking prospective employees about their criminal history before they’ve determined the individual is qualified for the job. The Job Opportunities…
Send Those Children Back, Oh Wait… Children coming to the United States without their parents have been coming in since at least 1892. On the day Ellis Island opened, January 1, 1892, the first person in line was Annie Moore and her two brothers that had traveled from Ireland. Being the first, she was given…
Bad Parenting or Nosy Good Samaritan? As I was reading through my bookmarks, as I do every day, I came across an article about a parent that got arrested and their children were taken away for something that shocked me. So, I found some articles from the Washington Post and will share some amazing…
Legacy- What Are You Leaving Behind? We all want to be liked. We all want to be remembered. We want people to have nice things to say when we are gone. What are they going to say about you? First, I got to thinking about this word a few…
The Lawsuit Epidemic We are part of it. This country has become the lawsuit capital of the world. That is why there is a book published called Sue the Bastards! Let’s examine some numbers that are a few years old but give us a basis for talking about this epidemic. From 1959-2009 tort…
Adolph Hitler Loved Snow White and Mickey Mouse Strange to put these two in the same title but there is a connection between the two. In 1937, Hitler was in charge of the German government and held a Christmas party for his closest friends. It was at that party that he received seven gifts that…
–Confessions of a Tired Grandpa- Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. “Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley Let me begin by saying that the grandchildren we watched these past 36 hours were good. Of course, there were moments but they exceeded my expectation….
In 1865, the Civil War had ended and the North defeated the South and slavery was officially abolished. The hardcore Southerners were rumored to yell the words, “the South shall Rise Again” to anyone that wanted to listen. Did the South rise again? I believe it took just less than 100 years for the…