by Gary Ivey | Jan 11, 2012 | Current Posts
Mitt Romney won the New Hampshire primary handily as expected, but not before giving the Democrats, as well as his Republican rivals a gift: “I enjoy firing people,” he said in a speech just before the voting started. An unfortunate choice of words, when...
by Gary Ivey | Jan 4, 2012 | Current Posts
My pastor recently returned from a trip to Israel, where he and a group of pastors toured the usual holy sites: Golgotha, the Garden Tomb, the Sea of Galilee, etc. Also part of the trip was information about the current situation there in Israel, with the shifting...
by Gary Ivey | Dec 13, 2011 | Current Posts
Well, I’m disappointed that Herman Cain dropped out of the Republican presidential race. Several thoughts come to mind. First, what was he thinking? The accusation of the affair was apparently true, in spite of the fact that the woman is a known stalker. I...
by Gary Ivey | Nov 8, 2011 | Current Posts
So, we’re told, there are now five women accusing Herman Cain of sexual harrassment, although the two latest are the only ones who have a name, date, place, and detailed account. Sharon Bialek of Chicago today gave high-profile interviews saying that Cain...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 31, 2011 | Current Posts
Talk about cliches! Talk about racial stereotypes! Where have we heard this before? A self-made black man with a conservative bent is being considered for high public office. What’s a liberal mainstream media to do? Play the sexual harassment card of course!...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 26, 2011 | Current Posts
There were high fives all around at the White House at the news that Moammar Qaddafi had been finally caught and killed, so Libya followed Egypt in toppling a long-standing dictatorship (Mubarak was technically President), which itself followed Iraq and the deposition...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 22, 2011 | Current Posts
Liberals don’t seem to want to be called “Liberals” and Leftists don’t ever want to be known as “Leftists”. Socialists and Communists never seem to want to be called what they are either. “Progressive” is the term...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 15, 2011 | Current Posts
The surprising ascendancy of Herman Cain to the top of the Republican presidential hopeful heap has been interesting, but since we have 13 months before the presidential election, it may or may not make any difference. However, the prospect of an election featuring...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 14, 2011 | Current Posts
“Ask five economists and you’ll get five different explanations — six if one went to Harvard.” Edgar Fiedler’s quote came to mind as I was thinking about the “Occupy Wall Street” protestors. It seems if you ask five of them what they are...
by Gary Ivey | Oct 6, 2011 | Current Posts
I left work early today, which allowed me to hear an exchange on the Michael Medved radio show that I would have missed otherwise. I must say, I have never heard the mild-mannered Medved as exercised as he was with this caller. The discussion was about the death of...