Author: Michael Laprarie

Women and minorities hardest hit: "I am just a little bit weary of the promises that (Obama) has made. I really haven't been seeing any kind of changes that...

A sad sign of our times from central Pennsylvania, courtesy of Yahoo! News:The Carlisle Area School District says it can save up to $15,000 a year by turning over …

Regardless of what you think of Mitt Romney as a presidential candidate, you've got to admit that his campaign people really nailed America's current desperation in this video:Barack Obama …

One of the more reprehensible actions by the mainstream media as of late has been their call for citizen-journalists to wade through some 24,000 pages of emails obtained by …

So ... the residential real estate market has officially tanked.  Home buyers are discouraged and prices have been falling steadily for the last twelve months, after slight gains at …

One of the most poignant stories of World War II, and the inspiration behind the film Saving Private Ryan, is the story of the five Sullivan brothers, who served …

For the past four decades, liberals have pilloried conservatives as greedy, heartless bastards whenever they dared to question any well-intentioned government social justice or welfare initiative.The reason we do …

(Photo from WeatherChannel.com)No more need be said.Prayers and charity are most critical, right now....

A few days ago I linked to a report that calculated the actual Keynesian "spending multiplier" associated with the Obama stimulus plan to be very close to 1 (no …

Time for another group of stories chronicling the current state of our economy:CNBC - "What Happened To The Restaurant Recovery"?Eating out is considered to be a leading indicator of …