Wag The Dog, by Anthony Oleck

It is not the new Tea Party Republicans who have it wrong, it’s the folks who have gotten us to this point: $15,182,756,264,288 in debt and rising, stolen money from our Social Security Trust Fund to feed the spending beast, trillions spent on 50 years of Great Society Entitlement programs to end poverty and poverty is worse than ever. Nothing to show for trillions spent.

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Debt Must be Brought Under Control, by Patricia Sellers

Our national debt will soon reach a level not seen since the end of World War II. But there are vast differences in the circumstances surrounding these events. The debt of World War II was amassed to rid the world of a demon determined to eradicate freedom from the world. That debt quickly fell, thanks to our recently returned young men who were eager to reach for the American dream. Our economy surged. We led the world in manufacturing and exports. Today, we are lucky if our young people see the merit in graduating from high school.

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How Chile Was Saved

By Jose Pinera. I faced a very difficult choice at the end of 1974: to remain in Boston enjoying the academic life I loved so much, or to go back to help the Chicago Boys fight for a new country. I chose the latter. This team of economists who had learned so much from the American experiment did a “friendly takeover” of the Pinochet government in order to engineer a free-market revolution and to restore democratic rule. Our goal was nothing less than to transform a socialist country into a free one. And, we believe, we succeeded.

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Wisconsin Is No Egypt

By Anthony Oleck. Other than the fact that people are protesting in the streets the two have nothing in common. Egypt’s revolution at first glance appears to be a quest for freedom; Wisconsin is a protest more in line with what we saw in Greece and France. In those two countries, we saw powerful public sector unions trying to protect and preserve overly generous health, retirement and pension benefits — benefits the people paying their bills neither have nor can afford.

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Why Egypt Matters

By Chris Hill. Every form of media has been abuzz with the news out of Egypt. Whether they are peaceful demonstrations in pursuit of “freedom,” or riots in search of a strong man depends upon to whom you turn for news. What is not in doubt is that President Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is not going to be the head man in charge for much longer. What happens next is anybody’s guess.

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Freedom in America

By Richard Minnick. Since the early history of our country, the protection of our basic freedoms has been of the utmost importance to Americans. A poem by Langston Hughes, “Freedom,” emphasizes the struggle to enjoy the freedoms that he knows are rightfully his. He reflects the American desire for freedom now when he says, “I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread.” American’s recognize the need for freedom in its entirety without compromise or fear.

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West Chester’s Washington Monument Syndrome

By Sean Carpenter, December 23, 2010. West Chester residents were presented with the classic Washington Monument Syndrome: cut the most visible and appreciated service in order to provoke outcry and then increase taxes instead.

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“Freethinkers” misuse their rights

by Fred Fonseca Daily Local News November 30, 2010 In “Freedom of Expression for All” in the Daily Local on Monday, Nov. 22, Mr. Hochella writes about the Chester County Commissioners decision to take control of Holiday displays on the court house grounds. Regarding the Free Thought Society he complains that “not everyone else has the right to [...]

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‘We the people’ must retain control

By Fred Fonseca Daily Local News September 17, 2010 I learned about delusion as a young man during conversations with my grandfather who during the 1940s and 1950s as a United Public Workers Union official worked to organize government employees. He was convinced that the big corporations controlled our government and oppressed working people. According [...]

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Not Racism … But Opened Eyes

By Anthony J Oleck Daily Local News September 10, 2010 I happened to be reading some of the Daily Local blogs when I came across this disturbing piece from Karen Porter. In her Sept. 4 blog, “From Chester County’s Left Bank,” Ms. Porter writes: “… This country should hang its head in shame … we [...]

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