Kiss America’s Internet goodbye By Mark Luedtke Americans lost the Internet today because of greed, selfishness and ignorance. There are exactly two ways to allocate resources in society. The first is through a voluntary, cooperative market based on demand from consumers and which ensures maximum benefit to all the people through pursuit of profit by […]
U.S. failure in Yemen By Mark Luedtke For years the U.S. has been secretly waging war in Yemen, ostensibly against the local al Qaeda affiliate, but actually in support of the puppet government it installed in a coup. While the mainstream media occasionally mentions drone attacks in Yemen, it never mentions U.S. boots on the […]
The root problem By Mark Luedtke If you fell for the Ebola fearmongering last year, you might fear the Disneyland measles outbreak is the new Black Death. Fearmongering dominates reporting on the measles outbreak. The Hill reports, “Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden on Sunday warned that the U.S. could see […]
Mayor Whaley hearts socialism By Mark Luedtke Dayton government schools are among the worst in the state. The Dayton Daily News reports, “The Ohio Department of Education’s district review team will spend next week studying the leadership, teaching, student support and more in Dayton Public Schools, and then will do the same at Trotwood-Madison the […]
Whatever happened to “do no harm”? By Mark Luedtke The amount of money stolen from taxpayers for phony cancer research is astounding. In her recent book, “A World Without Cancer,” Dr. Margaret Cuomo writes, “More than 40 years after the war on cancer was declared, we have spent billions fighting the good fight. The National […]
Exploiting economic ignorance By Mark Luedtke I notice a lot of cognitive dissonance on the economy. If you just read Mayor Whaley’s press releases and the typical Dayton Daily News fare, you might think everything was rosy in Dayton. With the DDN cheerleading, Whaley proudly promotes crony project after crony project as evidence Dayton’s economy […]
Bad actions have terrible consequences By Mark Luedtke There’s no such thing as freedom from consequences of actions. If you poke a stick into a hornets’ nest, you can expect to get stung. If you poke a stick at a rabid dog, you can expect to get bitten. If you oppress and kill thousands of […]
Frozen By Mark Luedtke Photo: The Dallas Moore Band will perform on Jan. 24 at Riff Raff Tavern; photo: Jenna Danielle Moore Benjamin Franklin said, “Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” I disagree […]
Happy new war By Mark Luedtke With a doubt, the easiest prediction to make about 2015 is the U.S. will continue its failed policy of perpetual war. Recently, the press made a big deal about the U.S. ending the war in Afghanistan. CBS News wrote, “The US Formally Ends the War in Afghanistan.” Hooray for […]
Regional police blotters, reported and interpretedby By Ehron Ostendorf Feeding for two The owner of a store said a woman […]
For rent Can Ohio’s national park be “leased” for drilling? By Sarah Sidlow Quick quiz: name the only national forest […]
Roadside fruit stands, where art thou? By Jim Bucher Think the older you get, the more nostalgic. Guess it’s all […]
No character like McVie By Marc Katz I know, there were iconic entertainment groups that played early in their careers […]
For the love of the game Olympic athletes have big dreams, but empty wallets—Should the government step in? By Sarah […]
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