Opinion

commentary: Scandal in the welfare state

BY TIBOR MACHAN

There is always much talk about government corruption. Scandals abound and usually involve special benefits obtained by organizations from local, state or federal governments. Government officials are accused of playing favorites as they carry out... Full story

EDITORIAL: Discontent and Democrats

Ruling party has reasons for concern.

Tuesday’s election results may not signal that the Republicans are back as a party capable of putting together a winning national coalition, and the result in New York’s 23rd Congressional District might presage a bitter intraparty... Full story

COMMENTARY: Bad idea on tap

Here’s a shot to the beer gut: Government bodies across America are looking to increase taxes on beer. According to ABC News, states from Connecticut to Arkansas have been “eyeing higher taxes on cigarettes and booze” to make up... Full story

EDITORIAL: Those ‘saved,’ ‘created’ jobs

Claim can’t be proved, or disproved.

Washington claims 640,000 to 1.5 million jobs have been created or saved by the $787 billion economic stimulus plan. With only about 15 percent of the money spent so far by those intended to receive it, at this rate America might implausibly end up... Full story

EDITORIAL: Water agreement bottled up in Capito

Gridlock over Gridlock over balancing growth, environmental concerns could end if everyone gives a little.

Population growth and new development may increase California’s water needs 40 percent in the next 25 years. Yet, there are those who prefer neither population nor water supplies increase. The long-standing, intractable deadlock in the... Full story

Voices from the Valley: Springville schools need new facility

By DENNIS TOWNSEND

I would like to help Springville School obtain facilities funding from taxes we have paid over many years. I have personally taken steps to get that process started. I have shared these steps with my friends and neighbors on the School Board and... Full story

EDITORIAL: An entitlement that isn’t

Will $250 checks buy peace with seniors?

The Senate is facing the politically uncomfortable prospect of raising the limit on the national debt – again – to somewhere north of $13 trillion. Senate Democrats are seeking a way to fold the admission of fiscal malpractice into some... Full story

EDITORIAL: Balloon hoax payoff worth the punishment

Fame-hungry family achieves goal

(Editor’s note: This editorial first appeared Tuesday in the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gazette, owned by Freedom Communications, which also owns The Orange County Register. The editorial staff there had a near-front-row seat for the Balloon Boy... Full story

EDITORIAL: Pressure in Afghanistan

It took heavy pressure — from Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner, as well as four straight days of intensive discussions with Massachusetts Sen. (and head of the... Full story

Commentary: Have we become Venezuela with censoring?

Tibor Machan

It doesn’t matter if Fox-TV news is unbalanced, biased, partisan or whatever. All newspapers, magazines, journals and such have leanings —  they are produced, managed and edited by individuals who have agendas and however much they... Full story

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