As I See It

<br /> There's no doubt about it, if we live in the land of plenty as we do here in the United States, paying taxes is necessary. If anyone here in the United States does not want to pay taxes or feels that they should not pay, then I say to those people, your alternative is to leave America. Go […]

Banjo

<p><br />Something just didn't feel quite right to Scarlett so she walked over to her mama. "Is Bea all right?" Scarlett asked Eweniece.  <br />"She is," Eweniece answered. "She said her tummy aches. She'll come back and play with you in a little while."  <br />"Okay," said Scarlett, reassured. "She mentioned that a couple times yesterday, too, but it went […]

Comments by John Goggins

<br />Now, if we see the yield estimates go up again next month, then we could certainly see this corn drop even lower than last yearâs lows.  Another thing to keep in mind is that the bigger the corn crop is, the more ethanol will be made.  The problem is that many of the ethanol plants have gone under.  It […]

Letters to the Editor

<br /><br /><strong>Wages, income tax, and entitlement…</strong><br />Linda, my uncle Wid managed all of the ranch properties in Arizona that belonged to the late Charles Allen Ward, president and CEO of Brown &amp; Bigelow in St. Paul, Minnesota, for many years. <br />It was right after World War II. I was 12 years old. Uncle Wid and Charlie Ward were […]

Sortin' Pen

<br />This guy bothers me. Wikipedia says he's an American legal scholar, who specializes in the field of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics. God help us. For more than 25 years, he's taught at the University of Chicago Law School, and he's currently a Professor of Law at Harvard. <br />Sunstein's views are best […]