Something To Think About Archive

The fact that Donald Trump calls the Supreme Court a “kangaroo court” and Democrats across the aisle claim that the court is Trump’s “rubber stamp” is proof that they are doing their job as the Framers intended: interpreting the Constitution separate from either the Executive or Legislative branches of government.

William F. Buckley claimed that “I’d rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people in the Boston telephone directory than the faculty of Harvard University.”

Bette Midler “The worst part of success is to try finding someone who is happy for you.”

Mike Ditka “Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.”

Max Eastman “It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.”

We wish more polls in Sacramento and Washington would channel their inner John F. Kennedy who, in 1962 said, tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are to low, and the soundest way to rase the revenues in the long run is to cut the rates now.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, “Progress is the victory of a new thought over old superstitions.”

Mystery writer Agatha Christie once noted that “Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.”

As Babe Ruth advised us: “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”

Founder of the Girl Scouts Juliette Gordon Lowe said: “To be inspired is great, but to be an inspiration is an honor.”

As Coach Lou Holtz claimed, “It’s not complicated. It’s a few simple rules: Just do what’s right, do the best you can, and show people you care.”

Given our past criticisms of the influence peddling of Biden Family Incorporated we were disappointed to find that four days before Donald Trump’s inauguration, an Abu Dhabi royal and brother of the UAE President, secretly signed a deal with Eric Trump to purchase a 49% stake in their fledgling cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial for half a billion dollars, steering $187 million to Trump family entities and at least $31 million to entities affiliated with the family of Steve Witkoff, a World Liberty co-founder who is now the U.S. envoy to the Middle East.

Author W.E.B. Du Bois advised us to “Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.”

Rober F. Kennedy, Sr, “Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.”

Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr, a physician and essayist, believed that “To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful than to be forty years old.”

Artist Vincent Van Gogh asked “What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

Mark Twain called April 1st, “… the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other 364 days of the year.”

Earlier this month was the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s “Wealth of Nations” that should be required reading in Washington and the White House. Smith argued that a nation’s wealth is derived from its production and flow of goods and services. Mercantilism was in control in England at the time and Government intervention on behalf of the merchant class, as it does today, led to cronyism, and trade protectionism such as tariffs hurt consumers by limiting their purchase options and increasing prices.

As the great statesman and orator Daniel Webster said, “There is always room at the top.”