Slaves to the Welfare State

May 12, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

New Orleanians born and bred in the welfare-state seem to honestly believe that they are not required to do anything to help themselves.

Senator Obama's Friends

May 7, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

How indicative of his character and beliefs is Senator Obama's having launched one of his political campaigns at the home of his friends Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers?

Europe: The Dark Continent

May 2, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

The light of God's truth has been snuffed out in Europe, now the least Christian and the most secularized and socialized part of the world.

Senator Obama and the Transformation of Human Nature

April 30, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Believing apparently that specifics are not necessary, Senator Obama promises us that his election will bring us all together in one happy family via a miraculous transformation of society and its citizens.

Regulatory Illusion

April 22, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Today's clamor for more regulation of financial institutions to prevent another subprime mortgage meltdown is an exercise in self-deception.

Counterproductive Liberal-Progressivism

April 15, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

If government pays farmers to sell corn for energy, even a modestly intelligent liberal should be able to comprehend that this will affect food prices.

Herbert Hoover McCain?

April 6, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Senator Clinton and the Los Angeles Times need to get their facts straight before making ignorant pronouncements.

A Liberal-Progressive Wrestles with Morality

April 3, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Choosing human reason alone as the road to understanding means that morality is no more than the result of the latest public opinion poll.

Can Government Fix the Over-Built Housing Market?

April 1, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Why did we get a massive over-building of single family homes and a plethora of bad mortgage loans?

Liberals' Wall Street Pirouette

March 24, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Liberals blaming the takeover of Bear Stearns on capitalism is akin to blaming the homeowner if someone sets fire to his house.

Transition in Banking

March 15, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

A brief historical overview of changing banking practices abetted by the Fed’s inflationary expansion of the currency.

Home Schooling Poses a Threat to The State

March 10, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Socialism, of which liberal-progressivism is the American sect, is more than control of the economy.  Most importantly it is mind-control through the public education system.

For What Purpose Was the Fed Created?

March 9, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

The role of the Federal Reserve has changed enormously, not for the good, since its creation in 1913.

The Sordidness of Liberal-Progressivism

March 6, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

There is more to life than sensual gratification.

The Affirmative-Action Campaign

March 3, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Senator Clinton's campaign emphasis on skill and experience is out of harmony with affirmative action, in which diversity is the prime criterion.

Private Philanthropy is Bad for Socialism

February 20, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

The New York Times is distressed that private philanthropists can give money to any charity they choose.

Progressive Recycling

February 13, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Recycling is a modern-day liberal-progressive idol that is, like the idols of old, both ineffective and harmful.

Stimulus Packages: 1929 to 2008

February 9, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

The current Republican and Democratic economic stimulus plan is the latest version of a much tried and repeatedly untrue liberal-progressive panacea.

Canada's Reign of Terror

February 3, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

More on high-handed suppression of free speech by Canada's Human Rights Commission.

Liberals' Plan to Stimulate Inflation

January 20, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Liberals propose to follow the same game plan that gave us stagflation in the 1970s.

The Judiciary: Tyranny's Active Agent

January 16, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

Have the Constitution's checks and balances come unglued?

The Social Gospel Has Found its Savior

January 2, 2008 | Thomas E. Brewton

The Baby Boomers, who performed a frontal lobotomy on their spiritual life, find the meaning of life in secular environmentalism.

Inflation vs Demand

December 13, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Once again, inflation is not a result of rising demand by consumers or business enterprises. And the Fed's interest rate tinkering does not cure inflation.

Primary Perspective

December 10, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Presidential primary campaigns illustrate politics as manipulation of, as well as pandering to, public opinion, with no necessary connection to political wisdom.

Distorting Plato

December 7, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

The "common good," Democrats' current campaigning slogan, is a new name for the same old attack upon the moral virtues championed by Plato and Aristotle.

From Personal to Colossal

November 30, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Corporate globalism was preceded by the passing of relationship banking.

Paul Krugman: Social Magician

November 24, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Mr. Krugman waves his magic wand and presumes to banish future difficulties for Social Security.

Exporting Inflation to OPEC

November 21, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Upward pressure on oil prices intensifies.

Cloning Roe vs Wade

November 12, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Are Federal courts again going to override states' Constitutional rights?

Figures Don't Lie, But Liars Can Figure

November 5, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Is Paul Krugman at it again?

Peacenik Paul

October 31, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Paul Krugman and his liberal confreres still yearn to play with their toys in fairyland.

Nanny Krugman

October 30, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

A New York Times propagandist believes that the political state must supervise conduct to compel social justice in the mortgage industry.

PC Education: Lost in Space

October 18, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

A liberal Yale professor takes a critical look at his cohort's handiwork.

Hillary Still Channeling Eleanor Roosevelt

October 3, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Senator Clinton is in thrall to the malign influence of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.

1929 Parallels

September 24, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Central banks are not so wise or powerful as most people assume them to be.

Federal Reserve's NewSpeak

September 17, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Like Big Brother in George Orwell's novel, the Fed chairman uses words to mean the opposite of reality.

Iraqi Confederation?

September 10, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

We tried it in the United States from 1781 until the Constitution was ratified in 1789.

Pyromania and the Fires of Inflation

August 23, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

The Fed attempts to stamp out the forest fires it keeps starting.

Infantile America

August 17, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Collapse of the subprime mortgage market reflects the "don't trust anybody over 30" mentality of the Baby Boomers.

The Land of Must-Have-Been

August 16, 2007 | Thomas E. Brewton

Breaking news about the religion of Darwinian evolution.