The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.'

When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of those who have been promised the benefits, without getting grief from the taxpayers. It's strictly win-win as far as the welfare-state politicians are concerned. But it is strictly lose-lose, big-time, for the country, as deficits skyrocket.

What does 'economic justice' mean, except that you want something that someone else produced, without having to produce anything yourself in return?

We don‘t have faith that #freedom works. We have evidence.

Do countries with strong gun control laws have lower murder rates? Only if you cherry-pick the data.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

Perhaps people who are gushing over the Obama Cult today might do well to stop and think about what it would mean for their granddaughters to live under Sharia law.