Author: Michael Laprarie

By now you've probably read numerous reports about snow-jammed streets in New York City, or heard Mayor Bloomberg's apology for the awful mess in the city, or watched the …

I hope everyone had as good a Christmas day as we did!...

If you missed the lunar eclipse early Tuesday morning (or if your view was obscured by clouds), here is a very good time lapse video of the event:  http://www.vimeo.com/18046748 …

An interesting essay on the nexus between religious faith and political ideology at The New Republic:Between 2004 and 2007, when Obama announced his candidacy for president, he became possibly …

First, President Obama defended the idea of a government-imposed health care mandate by "absolutely rejecting" the notion that mandated health insurance premiums were a tax. Then Obama Administration lawyers …

e21 blog sums up something we have known for quite a while: A new study by Daniel Wilson at the San Francisco Fed calls into question the idea...

And these people want to design the New World Order: Some people will sign anything that includes phrases like, "global effort," "international community," and "planetary." Such was the case …

There is a huge difference between a government that is "business-friendly" and a government that is "market-friendly." The Obama Administration resides squarely in the former category. First from American …

Republicans and The White House reached an important compromise yesterday, which included a two year extension of most of the 2002 income tax rate adjustments for individuals and businesses, …

As a follow-up to Dan's article below about yet another doomsday global warming prediction that appears to be wrong, I would like to direct your attention back to the …