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NFL Makes Another Bad Business Decision. In just a few weeks the call for Major League Baseball teams to report to spring training will happen. I can’t wait. With baseball the only thing embarrassing about the sport is who is on performance enhancing drugs and who isn’t. With another... ( posted 101 days 16 hours ago.)

Medicare; a Bureaucracy of Nonsensical Paperwork There have been enough nightmares written about the fundamental flaws in our country’s retirement and healthcare systems to fill the congressional archives. In fact, I would imagine the amount of testimony would require another floor be built to... ( posted 105 days 12 hours ago.)

Economic Experts have little Expertise. More and more investment firms are jumping on the phrase that we are heading for a recession if in fact we aren’t already in one. I have read that statement several dozen times and always the question I have is why these so called experts are... ( posted 108 days 14 hours ago.)

New York Debating Decision to Require Calorie Content Posted on Fast Foods The City of New York is trying to take a bite out of the obesity or overweight rate of 54% in their city by requiring calorie counts be on fast food chain menus. Of course the restaurant association thinks this is a terrible idea. I have... ( posted 112 days 7 hours ago.)

Energy Companies using Consumer’s Money to Fund Public Relations. Finally in Illinois, the Illinois Attorney general’s office is raising serious questions about energy providers using consumer money to get positive recognition and press in their communities. The Program started in South Carolina with the... ( posted 115 days 15 hours ago.)

The Smithsonian; Directors Living Lavishly on Taxpayer Dollars If a picture is worth a thousand words then a portrait must be worth at least $58,500. Actually, this sum of taxpayer money was approved by the retiring director of the National Museum of the Native American, W. Richard West. In another fit of... ( posted 120 days 7 hours ago.)

Nuclear Security; Homeland Questions Abound. On December 18 th I wrote about the terrible security at our nation’s nuclear power plants. In that article I explained how a security employee at the Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant complained of security personnel sleeping on the job. For his... ( posted 124 days 13 hours ago.)

Gun Laws; How do we Protect Ourselves from the Dummies. I am not a gun enthusiast. I’m just not. That being said I am by no means an anti-gun, card carrying liberal demanding that everyone give up their weapons as we head to a Utopia where no one has guns…except the criminals. As hard as it may seem... ( posted 128 days 9 hours ago.)

Presidential Election 2008; the Iowa Caucus Circus is over. Thank God it’s over. No, I’m not talking about the cold spell that ran through the Midwest. I’m talking about the Iowa Caucus. In another fit of I-want-to-be-president insanity, candidates are estimated to have spent upwards of $30 million trying... ( posted 131 days 14 hours ago.)

The U.S. Economy. It’s all about Oil. Well more bad news this week in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Growth has slumped to its lowest level in five years. This latest statistic joins the economic maelstrom of the worst housing numbers in six years, poor retail numbers, the credit... ( posted 134 days 14 hours ago.)

Women on Television News; Only Attractive Females Need Apply. I am far from being a prudish man. As I approach the age of 60, I still enjoy looking at attractive women. Much like when I was a seven-year-old looking in the window of Hanover’s Bakery, I enjoy the view. That being said, even by my “girl... ( posted 137 days 17 hours ago.)

Ethanol not as Environmentally Friendly as Claimed. The continual push of ethanol as an alternative fuel for our nation’s vehicles has another twist. It appears experts didn’t take into account that ethanol might be an environmentally dangerous industry to our sea life. Yes, ethanol, praised as... ( posted 141 days 14 hours ago.)

Things aren’t the Way they should be. The Question is: Were they ever? Walk through any bookstore and one fact jumps out at you more than any other. It is the fact that the world of bestsellers has been taken over by the politicians and pundits. None for the good I might add. The books are fodder for a nation of... ( posted 142 days 14 hours ago.)

Clean Burn Coal Plant a Taxpayer Fiasco A clean coal power plant is going to be built in Central Illinois starting next year. At least everyone thinks it will. Or maybe it won’t just yet. Or maybe it will cost too much and the hell with the whole idea. In just three days, reports... ( posted 147 days 13 hours ago.)

The Business of Security has little to do with Security. Energy giant Exelon has announced the firing of the private company they had hired to provide security to their nuclear power plants throughout the Northeast and Midwest. The actions came on the heels of a report by a Pennsylvania television... ( posted 150 days 17 hours ago.)

Is the News Creating more Tragedy or is it just us? The suicide note left by Robert Hawkins, the young man who killed eight innocent people before turning the gun on himself, started out with “Now I’ll be famous.” At what cost doesn’t seem to have been a question in the demented youngster’s... ( posted 154 days 14 hours ago.)

Sub Prime Lenders Need to Pay for Their Greed. The news is continuing to look bleak for the housing market. One statistic I saw that was staggering was that one in every thirty one mortgages is now in jeopardy of foreclosure. When you think about it that means almost one home on every... ( posted 157 days 16 hours ago.)

Oprah Winfrey, Can the Queen of Television Crown a President. I am the last person in the world to believe in celebrity endorsements. The fact that television mogul and billionaire Oprah Winfrey has endorsed and is campaigning for Illinois Senator Barack Obama is of interest but only in what it might mean in... ( posted 161 days 17 hours ago.)

Sears; the Demise of a Retailing Icon. The recent numbers for Sears Holdings Corporation are nothing short of dismal. Third quarter earnings for the former retailing giant have plummeted 99% from the previous year’s quarter with earnings of only 1 cent per share reported. Analysts are... ( posted 164 days 16 hours ago.)

Seminole Tribal Council Under Federal Scutiny If there has ever been a culture that lived by the beat of a different drum it was the Seminole Native American Tribe. The Seminoles are the only other sovereign nation on these shores as they never surrendered nor signed a formal treaty with the... ( posted 168 days 12 hours ago.)

Phony Bomb Threats at Schools Require Real Punishment. Living in Central Illinois is a lot like living in any small town area across the country. For the most part, nothing really terrible happens here. Vandalism sticks it ugly head up once in a while. There is a robbery from time to time but like... ( posted 171 days 16 hours ago.)

Stem Cell Research Debate Disappears in a Moment. It might end up being one of the most important medical findings in history. I’m talking about a recent paper filed by Wisconsin and Japanese scientists that have found a way to create stem cells out of ordinary skin cells. The discovery has a... ( posted 177 days 11 hours ago.)

Ethanol a Costly Alternative Fuel Living in the heart of corn country in Central Illinois doesn’t make me a populist when I write articles questioning the rationale of switching so much yield over to the production of ethanol. Around here, and much of the country, the maxims we... ( posted 179 days 16 hours ago.)

Televangelists Should Pay Taxes on Personal Profits. My favorite story in the Bible is the one where Emperor Jesus goes on tour. The entourage of gilded chariots, body guards, personal masseuses and wagon trains of gold and fine silks as he goes about the Holy Land asking for more dough makes for... ( posted 182 days 14 hours ago.)

Christmas Season Will Answer Recession Debate. With less than two weeks to another Black Friday, retailers across the country are already cutting their margins. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving was given the name for the historically largest shopping day of the year. It is on sales... ( posted 185 days 16 hours ago.)

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