For more than a year, the US Catholic Bishops have been arguing about how to handle the presence in the White House of an abortion advocate registered as a Catholic. As justification, Mr. Biden has stated that he is personally opposed to abortion, but doesn’t think he has a right to impose his view on … Read more
Immigration is one of the most debated subjects in contemporary America. Lately, it has evolved (or degenerated) into the movement across the border of very large numbers of people. This mass migration deserves to be examined, and contrasted with orderly immigration, There are some basic fallacies on the subject, which have endured because they have … Read more
On April 14, 2021, I attended public hearings in the Committee on Public Health of the Texas House of Representatives. The hearings lasted from 8AM to 10 AM, then from 2 PM to midnight. Between the two sessions, the members went to take care of some bills on the The order in which the bills … Read more
Legislating marriage is one of the hottest topics of these days. The content of the discussion, however, suggests a lack of understanding of what marriage is and what is possible and permissible for the government in legislating it. The basic principles have been understood and elaborated long ago. It might be that they were forgotten … Read more
Previous generations knew of the legendary Swiss hero Wilhelm Tell. His story was read and plays about him were staged in high schools, particularly because in him one could find traits of the American character, as it used to be. To the people of today, he needs an introduction.[1] In 1300, what is now Switzerland … Read more
Earth’s energy budget consists of energy received from the sun and energy emitted by earth into space. Part of the latter occurs by reflection, part by absorption and re-emission. The re-emitted light being of lower frequency than the incident light, a fraction of it is absorbed by some of the atmospheric gasses transparent to the … Read more
The flood of refugee claiming to originate from Syria, but most likely coming from a number of Muslim countries is sinking the European continent. Mr. Obama and other politicians clamor for this country to take its “fair share” of them The United States has always taken refugees from many places and this attitude toward the … Read more
Whenever there is a debate between a pro-life individual and a pro-abortion one, the abortion champion is bound to offer as the final arguments, when all else fails, the case of pregnancies resulting from rape or incest and the cases when the life of the mother is in danger. The first situation was analyzed before.[1] … Read more
The future of Social Security, particularly how to tackle its impending insolvency, is a prominent subject in statements and interviews of candidates for the presidency in 2016. The proposals of the Republican candidates can be summarized as follows:[1] (1) Raise the age of eligibility to 69 (Christie), 68 or 70 (Bush), or to an unstated … Read more
I received once an appeal to sign a petition for a state grant for speed radar signs in our village. I declined, saying that a grant would be too costly for us, and offered the following explanation. Transfer of wealth (goods or money) by the government to a person or political entity is an act … Read more