… or, there goes the government screwing things up again! Thinking Outside the Box: by Charles Ormsby We are so used to hearing about the rate of unemployment that we have come to think that a significant percentage of the workforce (those who are able and desiring to work) being unemployed is normal. But it […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby-January, 2012 Circles can’t be squares and squares can’t be circles. For something to meet the requirements of both definitions is a logical impossibility. Just as square circles and circular squares don’t exist, I can assure you that crony capitalism doesn’t exist. And if you knew […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – December, 2011 There is a school of thought among psychiatrists that liberals suffer from a severe case of arrested development. The theory is that their parents routinely rewarded their temper tantrums by giving them whatever they demanded. Anything to make them shut up. I can certainly sympathize with their […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby For years they have lived among us. We thought they were one of us. Certainly we share a remarkably similar physiology. To paraphrase Shakespeare’s Shylock, “If you prick them, do they not bleed? If you tickle them, do they not laugh? If you poison them, […]
Trasnformative Education – A Looming Disaster THINKING OUTSIDE the BOX! By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October 2011 A Vision for Transformative Education (Taken from TransformEdu.Org Conference Proceedings) “These perceptions together form a vision of transformative education that is consolidated into the following interwoven aspects”: • Transformation is […]
How to Achieve a 4% to 5% Unemployment Rate Within 12 Months THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – September, 2011 Pretend you were a doctor and you just received a call from an ex-patient who had dropped you for another doctor 23 years ago. At the time he left your […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX “There will be no bargain, young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die.” Jabba the Hutt, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – August, 2011 It is frequently remarked that the number one objective of any organization is its own survival and growth. Often, little […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – July, 2011 Vote in the Official Valley Patriot “Obama’s Intentions” Poll Vote on-line at www.ValleyPatriot.com I am not prone to conspiracy theories. I think Oswald assassinated President Kennedy without the active participation of Castro, the Soviet Union, Lyndon Johnson, the John Birch Society, the FBI, the […]
By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – June-2011 I am not prone to conspiracy theories. I think Oswald assassinated President Kennedy without the active participation of Castro, the Soviet Union, Lyndon Johnson, the John Birch Society, the FBI, the CIA or the mob. I don’t think President Bush aided or abetted the destruction of the World Trade […]
Unions: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – March, 2011 The right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is cherished by all Americans. To protect this right our Constitution restricted the powers of the federal government by enumerating its only powers. This restricted […]
We Must Halt Run Away Deficit Spending … NOW! THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – February, 2011 In my article last month (“It’s Time to Take Out the Meat Cleaver!” The Valley Patriot, January 2011), I outlined a downsizing of the federal government that would reduce spending by $1.2 trillion in the […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – January, 2011 Our current national debt exceeds $13.9 trillion and is increasing at nearly $2 million per minute. We are headed straight for the cliff at high speed. Life seems fairly normal now and it will continue to feel normal until we go over […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – December, 2010 While most of the country woke up and rejected the Democrat-led mad dash to collectivism, approximately 55% of Massachusetts voters (along with a plurality of voters in several other loony states, notably California) clung to their government’s apron strings. The 55%, those who […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX EXTRA By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October, 2010 ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NY TIMES In my experience teaching college freshmen, my sense is that the average level of academic rigor in our public schools has fallen significantly over the past five decades. Even in wealthy communities, only a fraction of parents […]
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX By: Dr. Charles Ormsby – October, 2010 Do you believe in personal responsibility, or do you want to be oppressively taxed to permit others to escape the consequences of their irresponsibility? Do you struggle to balance your family’s budget and try to save for the future while you see your taxes […]