Michael D. Brown

The leader of the free world has currency.  The value of that currency is measured in press conferences, interviews, speeches and public appearances.  The value is also measured by the rarity of those events.  Like most things, the more of something, the less it costs, the less it is valued.  When Presidents speak the words [...]

I have long maintained that people who shout out fears of anthropogenic or manmade global warming give way too much influence to mankind on the universe.  God made the heavens and the earth, man had nothing to do with it.  When people tell me that turning off my air conditioner, switching to CFL light bulbs, [...]

I’ve been letting most of my subscriptions to the weekly newsmagazines expire.  Frankly I was fed up with their staleness, leftwing baloney, and political correctness.  Newsweek disappeared months ago, but Time is still arriving in the mailbox for a few more months.  This one grabbed my attention. I’ve spoken about the dangers of political correctness [...]

Little did I realize just how in-touch and cool the President was.  Earlier I posted a chart from the Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee pointing out how complicated, obtuse, confusing and difficult it would be to navigate through our new national healthcare system.  I just wasn’t patient enough.  I should have known that President [...]

You can download a copy of the chart here.

Apple’s iPad has enabled few print publications to do what the Wall Street Journal and Popular Mechanics have done, which is to transform their printed editions into easy-to-read, functional, searchable and, most importantly, enjoyable replacements for the dead tree versions.   Tonight while reading Popular Mechanics on the iPad I came across this interesting look at 18 of [...]

Here is the amicus brief filed by Members of Congress in the federal district court in Arizona where the Obama Administration is suing Arizona over Senate Bill 1070.  While the brief is complex for the non-lawyer, skimming through it will provide you a great background on the legal issues the United States faces in challenging [...]

I’ve often wondered why we can’t recognize that radical Islamist oppose this nation’s principles, our Constitution, our way of life.  Well, YesButHowever gives us a video explanation.  A little lengthy, but good.   I would encourage you to read the full story here.

While most political operatives will look at this Gallup Poll and salivate over what it means for this-or-that election, the bigger picture is that this is bad news for the United States of America.  Our republican form of government is dependent not only on a well-informed citizenry, but that citizenry having confidence that it’s elected [...]

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