Commentary

Lessons in Entrepreneurship from a Santa Monica Art Show

By Ashton Ellis
Wednesday, September 29 2010

A Santa Monica art gallery isn’t the usual place to see the entrepreneurial spirit on display. But in a time when institutional job security is a mirage, creative individuals in all disciplines are finding ways to make ends meet while developing their intellectual capital. The locale itself is a work in progress. The gallery is a converted airport hanger adjacent to Santa Monica College. Inside, it boasts rows of clean white walls and artist studios. The long hallways make a fine canvas for showcasing artwork, and serve as the backdrop for…

	What does a bus tour covering 42 cities, 32 counties and 2,500 miles in 10 days get? The leaders…
	Read more...

Blamestorming: Carter, Clinton and Obama Point Fingers

	Blamestorming: n. A method of placing blame for a mistake to which no one is willing to confess. …
	Read more...

Feds’ Pigford Settlements Leave Taxpayers Picking Up the Tab

	Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is not the problem in Washington, D.C. If anything, the man frequently described…
	Read more...

Five Dark Horse Presidential Candidates for 2012

	Autumn is upon us and with it has come the growing anticipation of the midterm elections that will arrive…
	Read more...

Obama: We Can Afford Failed $814 Billion “Stimulus,” But Not $700 Billion Tax Relief?

	“Nobody spends somebody else’s money as wisely as he spends his own.” …
	Read more...

America’s Economic Civil War

	If the past few years have taught us anything, it’s that the inconvenient truths of the free market…
	Read more...

Maryland Congressional Candidate Charles Lollar Combines Tea Party Zeal with GOP Base

	Charles Lollar, the newly minted Republican nominee for Maryland’s fifth congressional district…
	Read more...

Utah Congressional Candidate Morgan Philpot: Pushing Back Against Federal Restrictions on Land Use

	Many politicians claim to know the difference between the U.S. Constitution and “The Communist…
	Read more...

The ObamaCare Fit Hits the Shan: Health Insurance Costs and Spending Already Rising

	In selling ObamaCare to a renitent nation just six months ago, proponents swore that it would restrain…
	Read more...

Kos and Effect: A Lesson in (Tortured) Logic from the Founder of the Daily Kos

	Markos Moulitsas has a thesis, which is downright adorable coming from the founder of the Daily Kos,…
	Read more...

More Commentary...

« Prev 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 Next »

Notable Quote

"The clock is ticking on the upcoming congressional election. House and Senate Republicans are facing some rough headwinds in these final days, including the president's negative job approval and their slippage with voters on the question of who can better handle economic issues. There may not be many cards left for the GOP to play, even with their cash advantages.But in all the talk of a blue wave…[more]

— David Winston, President of The Winston Group and a Longtime Adviser to Congressional Republicans

Liberty Poll