Republicans are worried sick that the Democrats will be able to use all the nasty sound bites from the GOP debates in the general election. I’m not too concerned for a number of reasons, but the main one is that the GOP will merely have to produce ads in which… CONTINUE
Mining Fool’s Gold
[Starting this week, Burt’s articles will appear on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.] While I was on a recent vacation, I watched Fox News more than usual. Mainly what I noticed is that while Alan Colmes, Juan Williams, Leslie Marshall, Bob Beckel and Geraldo Rivera, are the five most annoying things… CONTINUE
The 5 Stages of Mitt
The last time I wrote in this space I concluded my column with this: The fat lady may not be singing, but she’s warming up in the wings. I wrote that right after Mitt Romney won Florida — my way of saying, the GOP race is almost over. Since then… CONTINUE
Heroes & Goats
Part of the reason that people enjoy watching sporting events is because the outcome is clear cut. One team wins, another loses. Outcomes aren’t usually so black and white in any other area of life. That being said, my problem with sporting events is that far too often team defeats… CONTINUE
Some Light Bulbs Are Screwy
When I heard Newt Gingrich seriously suggest that America, a nation perched on the edge of economic collapse because of Obama’s sending our debt soaring from $10 trillion to $16 trillion, should consider setting up a colony on the moon — and, furthermore, granting statehood when the colony population reached… CONTINUE