What’s more dangerous, puppies or fracking? Mark Meckler April 16, 2013 Uncategorized We can utilize fear and alarmist rhetoric to scare people away from almost anything. Yet the reality is always found in the balance between risk and reward. This is one of the best pieces I've ever...
Justice Dept. seeks to deport German homeschooling family Mark Meckler April 1, 2013 Uncategorized With all the people they aren't willing to deport, and all the current discussion around the development of a humane immigration policy, it seems amazing that the Justice Department won't grant asylum to a...
Beware of the New Elites Mark Meckler March 16, 2013 Corruption, Uncategorized The "New Mandarins," the "New Elites," or whatever you want to call them, are ruining America. These are the members of the real entitlement class. These are the people believe that it's our responsibility...
Can the Left and Right have Civil Discourse? Mark Meckler March 12, 2013 Uncategorized Mark Meckler of Citizens for Self Governance and Joan Blades the founder of MoveOn.org have created Livingroom Conversations. They tackle issues where there is common ground like Crony Capitalism and...
Marissa Mayer, Yahoo CEO, is a hero, not a villain. Mark Meckler March 7, 2013 Uncategorized By Marta H. Mossburg Lost in the self-righteous clamor to demonize Marissa Mayer for making employees at Yahoo work in the office is a sense of perspective. Everyone from feminist icon Gloria Steinem to...
Obamacare – Love it or Hate it – Dems Own It Mark Meckler February 20, 2013 Uncategorized Apparently Democrats are now trying to separate themselves from the Affordable Care Act. It's still unpopular with the American people. Whether you are in favor or not, this is a political reality going...
Rural Counties Across America Denied Self-Governance Mark Meckler February 13, 2013 Uncategorized There is a disturbing trend in America whereby rural citizens are being deprived of self-governance. It is well documented in this piece by James Huffman of the Hoover Institution. "The county by county map...
Watch Boomtown – DC Booms as the Rest of us Suffer – Friday, 9 pm Eastern Mark Meckler January 25, 2013 Uncategorized This is not a partisan issue. DC is booming in every way as the rest of the country suffers. The politicians, the lobbyists and the consultants are getting richer and richer. Seven out of the top ten...
Mark Meckler on John Stossell – 9 p.m. Eastern – States Pushing Back Against the Feds Mark Meckler January 24, 2013 Uncategorized I'll be on the Stossell Show on Fox Business during the 9 p.m. Eastern hour talking about how the states can, should and are pushing back against the federal government. This is a fight that is just...
Confused Hipsters – Putting the Hip in Hypocrite Mark Meckler January 10, 2013 Uncategorized The hypocrisy among the hipster crowd is rampant. Often anti-corporate, they carry MacBooks and sip lattes at Starbucks. As believers in man-made global warming, they worship celebrities who fly around...