Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush thought they defeated communism and socialism. They were wrong. Despite the failures of communism, despite the failures of socialism, the American people have embraced their lies. We might as well give the keys to the country to Putin or Hollande.

Who will businesses keep? The person who shows up on time every day and cheerfully does their assigned tasks, and, additionally, thinks of ways to improve the business. I don’t care if you are a clerk in a convenience store, you can make the business neater, friendlier and stand out compared to the competition. Apply yourself.

Live two decades more and health care will be so cheap it will not matter who is paying for it.

Franklin Roosevelt, as quoted in the New York Times on Sept. 16, 2011, is reported to have said, "It is impossible to bargain collectively with the government." And of course the reason is simple and can be explained by a sixth grader: public worker union bargainers sit across the bargaining table from elected officials their members elect. They are bargaining with themselves, which is why things have gotten so far out of balance today.

Have high standards and hold other people to them as well. We are slowly sinking into mediocrity.

Respect the Constitution. The whole Constitution as written, especially the Bill of Rights. None of this "living document" nonsense. I think most of us can read a sentence and figure out what it says.

The United States has a history of prejudice, it just happens to swing erratically from one side to the other, depending on who is in power and who is on the outs. We are not cured of this condition. We must be on guard all the time. It is difficult to tell if we are headed down a dangerous path at the moment, but we should certainly keep a watchful eye.

What goes on in Europe, and indeed everywhere, affects LIBOR and LIBOR affects everyone else. Want to change this? You are bucking decades of tradition. LIBOR is the most widely published interest rate in the world.

Student loans and parent's savings accounts are merely the delivery system for support of the outmoded and costly system of tenure.

Most have been played for a fool for when it comes to environmental matters. There are two reasons for this.

The northeast and the left coast just don't understand the rest of the country. They should watch television.