Guy Smith | March 11, 2008
Well, there went another part of my childhood … and in one of my family’s home towns to boot!
Let me tell you about Driggs, Idaho. Last time I visited my cousin Lauren there, the town’s population was measured in three digits. Local industry consistsed of farmers and a relatively unknown ski resort that [...]
Guy Smith | March 10, 2008
I promised myself I would not gloat when the news broke that New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught with his pants down in a virtual brothel.
So I break a promise. Horsewhip me. Which may be what Spitzer asked various chippies to do to him.
Spitzer has long been the bane of people who favor fair [...]
Guy Smith | March 9, 2008
Liberalism has been called the politics of wishful thinking.
In actuality it is the politics of hope above reality, which gives and entirely new dimension the Obama brand.
A tragic case in point is the latest squandering of scratch this side of Congressional salaries. In my silly city of San Francisco, the government has sought to [...]
Guy Smith | March 8, 2008
There is an interesting fellow running about the country, peculiar for his academic precision and prototypical academic personality.
His name is John Lott, a man I’ve had the pleasure of meeting twice. Lott is an almost cartoonish depiction of what he is — and university bound economist, more comfortable with crunching numbers than he is [...]
Guy Smith | March 5, 2008
Prepare for Election 2000, the Democrat Sequel.
Assuming your recreational narcotics permit, you may recall the hilarity of the 2000 presidential election. Eight years ago there was a close vote, and one party (the Democrats) tried to change the rules of the game in order to win/steal the results.
(I don’t care if you are [...]
