Author: Richard A Reagan

No matter how many horrific examples of government-run healthcare have been published, there remains a core of committed leftists in this country who believe that only the government can provide adequate healthcare to the American people. They want to eliminate the system of private healthcare we have in this country and replace it with a […]

With winter just around the corner and Arctic blasts reaching many areas of the country, the growing season in most areas of the country is now officially over. But that doesn’t mean that you have to give up growing vegetables and herbs just because it’s getting cold outside. With the right equipment and the right […]

It seems as though South America is in for some interesting times ahead. From a new leftist government in Argentina to a growing political crisis in Chile, we now have a military coup that has toppled Bolivian President Evo Morales. The military had demanded that Morales resign after a report from the Organization of American […]

While many Americans may look down on South America and think of it as the land from which most of our immigrants come, that’s not reality. For one thing, most of the illegal immigrants to the US are coming from Central America, not South America. South American countries such as Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile are […]

With the gap between the haves and have-nots seeming to grow larger every year, there’s an increasing movement on the part of Democrats to soak the rich. They see the rich growing richer, they see popular discontent with billionaires growing, and they see those fat bank accounts and brokerage accounts as ripe for the picking […]

Numerous American states and municipalities are facing severe budget constraints. In all cases it’s the result of fiscal mismanagement, with politicians consistently spending more money that they take in. But in many cases decisions made in the past are now coming back to bite them, with costs spiraling completely out of control. In many municipalities […]

One of the great things about the US in years gone by was the size and wealth of its middle class. Unlike many other nations that had rich elites and poor commoners, the US had a large and affluent middle class of people who could afford luxuries such as automobiles, refrigerators, and air conditioning. Generations […]

If it feels like the rich keep getting richer and the poor keep getting poorer, that’s because it’s true, at least somewhat. There’s no denying that the rich are getting richer. From both an absolute perspective as well as a relative perspective versus the middle class, the rich are seeing their incomes and asset holdings […]

All of us want the best for our babies. We want them to grow up happy and healthy, with nothing impeding their physical and mental development. Most doctors and health organizations understand that breast milk is the healthiest food for young babies, but not all mothers are able to breastfeed. And once babies start to […]

Many Americans expect their elected officials to be of good, upstanding character, role models for the rest of us. They expect elected officials to be intelligent, rational, and to think through all of their policy decisions. In fact, that’s why so many Democrats have attacked President Trump, because he fails to meet their expectations. In […]