Que sera sera

There's no "right" or "wrong," -- only odds -- till after the showdown. --L. Reichard White, Saturday, October 23, 2010 11:14 AM

MAXIMUM job security

Fighting "insider trading" is like fighting prostitution and drugs -- it doesn't stop the practice, but it gives the "warriors" permanent job security. --L. Reichard White, Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:49 AM

The evolution of America

We've gone from, "Have it your way" to "Do it my way or I'll kick your butt." --L. Reichard White, Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:57 AM

What will they do AFTER decriminalization??

What will the 65%+ of the law-and-order-industry directly involved in "drug enforcement" do when they don't have that arbitrary group of perfectly good chemical substances to kick around anymore? --L. Reichard White, Friday, September 17, 2010 1:40 PM

It's your DUTY!

When you're flying with small children, why do they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first in an emergency? 

ANSWER: Because the children might not be able to take care of themselves - - - and if you don't take care of yourself first, you might not be able to either. This applies in a LOT of situations.  So, especially if you're going to help others, it's your duty to take care of yourself first.  --L. Reichard White, 1998

The exhorbitant costs of "free" government schools

Relative to education especially, money appropriated rather than earned in a competitive free-market freezes evolution, stifles improvement, and condemns our children to deteriorating lives in a deteriorating society. --L. Reichard White, Friday, July 30, 2010 11:25 AM

Which is more important?

My freedom is more important than your great idea. --Anonymous via R. Lee Wrights, Tuesday, October 05, 2010 5:01 PM

Why Democrats are even dumber than Republicans

The Republicans think you can control the scorpion, but the Democrats think you can reform it.  --L. Reichard White, Tuesday, October 05, 2010 7:18 AM

Well, OK, if you INSIST - - -

OK. If you INSIST on taking politics & politicians seriously, BY THEIR ACTIONS, comparing Mr. Bush to Mr. Obama is like trying to decide whether Richard Spec was worse than Charles Manson. Or if you're too young to remember that, how about Jim Jones vs. Jeffery Dahmer? --L. Reichard White, Sunday, September 19, 2010 10:09 AM

Commander-in - - - ah, what was that again?

He may be YOUR "Commander-in-Chief" - - - - but he's MY public servant. --L. Reichard White, Saturday, September 18, 2010 9:31 AM

Alright, who REALLY peed in the pool?

It wasn't the democrats or republicans who screwed things up, it was the politicians. --L. Reichard White, Friday, September 17, 2010 8:23 AM

The Perfect Balance!

If Democrats are all heart and no brain - - - and Republicans are all brain and no heart, how would you describe  libertarians? --Bill Nelson, 1988

The perfect balance between heart and brain, of course. --L. Reichard, White, 1988

The most dangerous person on earth

The most dangerous person on earth is the arrogant intellectual who lacks the humility necessary to see that society needs no masters and cannot be planned from the top down. --Friedrich von Hayek

UN-revolutionary

For all our revolutionary heritage, Americans in general seem to have this odd, misplaced, unblinking, and often unconscious respect for credentialed authority, apparently thinking that credentials and expertise somehow cleanse people from the baser parts of human nature like self-willed agendas, petty backbiting, authoritarian behavior, the brazen seeking of power, a cultic mentality, etc....  --Michael Miles 

Who's manning the machine guns?

No atheists in foxholes would suggest an awful lot of believers manning machine guns. --Gregory J. Bart Jr, Saturday, August 21, 2010 3:50 PM

Delayed reaction - - -

Hell, if technology waited until people are ready for it, we'd still be waiting to move INTO the caves... --Ulrich F. Biele, Monday, August 09, 2010 4:21 AM

You can't be perfect - - -

You and I can't be 'perfect' - - - but we can always be better. --L. Reichard White, Saturday, August 07, 2010 8:03 AM

Government School motto - - -

Destroying the joy of learning one child at a time. --L. Reichard White, Thursday, July 22, 2010 12:35 PM

What the question isn't - - -

The question isn't, "Am I a good citizen?"  The question is, "Are YOU a good government?"

Well are you, punk?  --L. Reichard White, Saturday, July 17, 2010 11:55 AM

You can do ANYTHING - - -

You can do ANYTHING.  BUT you can't do EVERYTHING. --Lewis N. Reichard