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The septic tank of major college athletics.

That Penn State’s program had a pedophile in its midst is not the felony. The felony is that upon discovery of that horror, considerations other than what was right for the victims of unspeakable crimes carried the day.

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A 30-second lesson on Big Govermment.

If you need a clear object lesson on the pitfalls of trusting in grand, government-created schemes handed down from Olympian heights, the national Emergency Alert System test should serve nicely.

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Paying on both ends.

With the best of intentions, the government has become the driving economic force in both higher education and in health care. In both cases, costs are out of control.

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Your doctor’s massive pay cut.

Last week, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, MPAC, yet another government panel that you probably didn’t know existed, voted to impose massive payment reductions upon doctors who see patients under Medicare.

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Forgiving student debt? Bad idea.

At over $1 trillion, total student debt in the United States now tops total credit card debt.Many debt-laden graduates will never get the money they paid out of their degrees.

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At least the hippies had some clue.

Most hippies grew up, cut their hair and got jobs. You have to wonder if the occupy Wall Street Crowd, forty years of ever-increasing statist welfare coddling later, will ever feel compelled to do the same.

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Remembering Steve Jobs

America is perhaps the only country on Earth that could have midwifed a company like Apple.We would do well to remember that and to remember why it is so.

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Be yourself, Rick. You’re on solid ground.

Gov. Perry stumbled all over himself when the question of in-state tuition for the children of illegal aliens was raised in the GOP presidential debate last week. He needn’t have. He stands on solid ground and should say so.

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Cuban on taxes. Wrong, wrong, wrong!

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban caused a stir earlier this week on his blog. He opined that paying taxes is, “the most patriotic thing you can do.”