Mark Knows It All

The quality of life in America has declined for many reasons. Some are political. Some are economic. But first and foremost on the list is a complete lack of respect for other members of society. For the most part, Americans have reduced America to the least common denominator. A case in point is an article I read about dress codes and airplane travel. Back in the day…and I lived back in the day…people got “dressed up” when traveling by plane. Today a battle rages as air carriers fight a losing battle to enforce some modicum of a dress code. Looking at other people’s butt cracks or underwear with droopy drawers is not my idea of a pleasant flight. The same goes with too short shorts, too much cleavage, people who haven’t bathed or aren’t wearing underwear so that you can see Poughkeepsie or Poughkeepsette. Breast feeding can be added to the list. Yes, it is perfectly natural, but so are many other things and we don’t allow that. The children of the sixties have done a bang u...

Paul Ryan was not my first choice for the Vice Presidential slot. That would be Chris Christie. But then again Mitt Romney was not my first choice for the Presidential nominee. That would be Chris Christie. I am from Youngstown which has often been called little Chicago. Those of us who live here had our lives forged in the steel mills of the mid 20th Century, and our politics are a solid by-product. We don’t play nice here. We are tough. We are aggressive. We are no holds barred. With the debasing of Romney by Democratic propagandists…he is a robber-barron…he is a murderer…he is a felon…he hates gays…he hates women…I thought that the Republicans needed a street fighter to get down in the muck with these guys. Maybe I was wrong. In a single stroke Mitt Romney has upped the ante. He has raised the stakes in this election, elevating it to the serious debate this country needs. Paul Ryan is nothing if not the smartest man in the room in Congress. With a youn...

As our cities, and particularly Chicago, are collapsing around us, the thug Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emmanuel is worried about chicken sandwiches. If you want to know what is wrong with American politics, you need to look no further than liberal authoritarianism. These are folks who would use the power of government to turn off talk radio, prohibit opposition candidates from running ads criticizing an incumbent 60 days before an election (McCain-Feingold); and threaten businesses in their jurisdictions who oppose them. This is just a sample of the dictatorship of the left, whose opinions they have decreed should be dogma for all Americans. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Boston Mayor Menino indicated that they would actively oppose the expansion of Chik-Fil-Lay in their cities because of this privately held company’s CEO’s open opposition to gay marriage, which by the way reflects the openly stated opinion of the current President up until he decided to motivate the left in the upc...