Bob McCarty Writes

Have you heard the one about the politician, the preacher and the unemployed single mother of two?  No, it’s not the opening line of a stand-up comic’s joke; instead, it’s a story about small-town health care that might turn your stomach.
The story was shared with me recently by a man who identified himself as the [...]

[Read more →]

The news lately has been filled with very rude people, according to Uncle Jay.  In this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay appears to have become extremely civilized.
“Just trying to set a good example,” he says.  And as long as you don’t watch the final ten seconds, you’ll think he succeeds! [...]

[Read more →]

I suspect nearly every elected Democrat — and a good number of Republicans — in Washington, D.C., owns a device — a secret weapon of sorts — like the one shown in the photograph above.  Revealed to readers of this blog for the first time, the device shown above is used by misguided politicians as [...]

[Read more →]

This morning, I read an article by former Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin that brought to my mind the wise words attributed to Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana more than 100 years ago:  “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Baldwin wrote the article after his name — as well as [...]

[Read more →]

A story from my father’s self-published autobiography, Some Events in One Life: Mine!, illustrates my contention that, if ever there was a time for Americans to stop behaving like sheep and start holding their elected officials accountable, that time is now.
The brief story below is true and based upon my father’s life on a small [...]

[Read more →]