Bob McCarty Writes

I guess you know things are bad when illegal immigrant unemployment numbers are rising.  And they are. According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, unemployment among both legal and illegal immigrants was higher in the first quarter of 2009 than at any time since 1994, when immigrants were first separated out [...]

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Experts at the Centers for Disease Control address the subject of voluntary or involuntary placement of individuals in isolation or quarantine this way: To contain the spread of a contagious illness, public health authorities rely on many strategies. Two of these strategies are isolation and quarantine. Both are common practices in public health, and both [...]

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Though retired from competitive softball after nearly three decades of enjoyment, I still think about picking up the glove and bat every spring.  That in mind, I share the humorous softball-focused video, “The Softball Line Up,” produced by my friend, Joel Berry at Sweet Tea Films.  Enjoy!!!

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Grandmother Beryl Jarvis, 66, is battling cancer for the fourth time and has been refused a drug that could save her life.  Why? Because the UK’s National Health Service says it has already spent enough money on her treatment. The disturbing news above, courtesy This is Bristol, should set off alarm bells in the minds [...]

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In a post yesterday, Mitchell Langbert offers an insightful look at how U.S. Army soldiers are being required to disclose to their superiors all information about their firearms — personally-owned firearms.  Best of all, the look comes straight from an infantryman at Fort Campbell, Ky., and even includes a copy of a memo outlining what [...]

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With the trip to Ecuador fast approaching, I’m floating a novel idea to “Corporate America.”  In short, I’m offering companies low-cost opportunities to become sponsors of Bob McCarty Writes by providing products and equipment that can be used by my son as he reports from the rain forests of Ecuador. Atop our list of equipment [...]

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In a post almost two years ago, I wrote about H.R. 1592, a piece of freedom-threatening hate-crimes legislation that was quietly making its way through Congress.  Fortunately, after it passed the House, the Senate version of the bill (S. 1105) failed.  Unfortunately, however, the legislation is back as H.R. 1913, the “Local Law Enforcement Hate [...]

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