Note: This is not a PR piece for Trump. Rather the media’s coverage between Trump and Hillary makes the most telling example of media bias and how they successfully sell a lie. We’ve all heard the joke: “How can you tell if Hillary is lying? Her mouth is moving.” The truth of the matter is […]
Month: October 2016
To Cast A Ballot Is An Important Right, Mike Rowe
“I’m afraid I can’t encourage millions of people whom I’ve never met to just run out and cast a ballot simply because they have the right to vote. That would be like encouraging everyone to buy an AR-15, simply because they have the right to bear arms. I would need to know a few things […]
Poll Shows Voters Are Broadly Ignorant About Issues That Impact Them
By James D. Agresti October 25, 2016 If there is truth in Ben Franklin’s precept that “tyranny begins” with “ignorance,” a poll commissioned by Just Facts shows that the U.S. may be in deep trouble. While most polls measure public opinion, this unique poll measures voters’ knowledge of issues that affect their lives in tangible […]
A Lesson in Leadership: 2 Football Coaches, 2 Players’ Mistakes and 2 Very Different Reactions
How can you build someone up when it counts the most? A lesson about mistakes from Sunday night’s game. Last night’s NFL game between the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks made history–but not in a good way. It ended in a 6-6 tie, officially making it the overtime tie with the lowest score in NFL […]
An Autopsy Of “Bern” Victims: Why liberal, conservative, and mainstream voters all lost
Note: While I do not support Bernie’s socialist agenda, this is not a rant against him or his policies, but rather an analysis of the opportunity to return politics to American voters and away from the establishment of both parties’ establishments (and their cronies). Bernie’s sellout to the Democrat establishment was more than a betrayal […]
A teacher who paid off $40,000 of student loans in 18 months gave up 5 things
In spite of the declarations heard this election that “the cost of education has changed and the ‘old generation’ is out of touch,” the way to pay for education hasn’t changed. Accepting personal responsibility for all your finances, and then properly prioritizing them, is the answer! In August 2012, Bobby Hoyt decided to get serious […]