By Louis Avallone – Let’s get right to the point. And it’s a point that all Americans can appreciate, even some liberals. Okay, here it goes: By now, you have heard that President Obama, in a speech to a rare joint session of Congress, proposed $447 billion in new government spending to create jobs or […]
By Louis Avallone – It’s a story that is all too familiar in our country today. Millions of Americans are in an unhealthy relationship where they are enabling destructive behavior. Some are acting out of love and trying to help or protect, even though they may actually be making a chronic problem worse, like an […]
By Louis Avallone – Is there a humane way to get rid of rich people in the United States? After all, considering our nation’s effective unemployment rate of 16.2%, our national debt of $14.5 trillion, our current year’s budget deficit of $1.48 trillion, the fact that the Social Security trust fund will be exhausted by […]
By Louis Avallone – Is it too much to ask, really? For a little honesty? I mean, do you sometimes feel that you are living in an artificial world, whether it is in politics or entertainment or morality; where you are prompted by the mainstream media to simply accept the reality of the world with […]
By Louis Avallone – You heard about this, right? President Obama was lobbed a question regarding the likelihood that social security benefits would not be paid in August, unless the federal debt limit was raised by $2.2 trillion this month. You might think that this would have been an opportune moment for him to engage […]
By Louis Avallone – Last month, officials in Shreveport, Bossier City, and Bossier Parish had announced a ban on the sale of fireworks, through the end of June, effectively causing the seasonal vendors of fireworks to forego any selling to the public during this year’s 4th of July holiday season. Because of the dire drought […]
By Louis Avallone – Recently, the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins. Back home in Vancouver, their distraught fans rioted, with nearly 100 people arrested and almost 150 injured, while cars were burned and an estimated 50 businesses vandalized. The total damages are expected to run into […]
By Louis Avallone – Long ago, in a world far, far way, before status updates on Facebook or innumerable Twitter feeds, the power in “branding” an image in American society was well understood. In fact, 30% of the world’s 100 most valuable brands were developed before 1900. And these brand names can often become so […]
By Louis Avallone – You ever feel sometimes that something is just missing? Like it just doesn’t make good sense, but folks do it anyway? Like they are just going through the motions, and don’t know exactly why? Well, you are not alone. And consider the recent Memorial Day observance, as an example. Did you […]
By Louis Avallone – As we celebrated Mother’s Day earlier this month, and now look forward to celebrating Father’s Day next month, I am again reminded of how grateful I am to my parents, for their immeasurable sacrifices and tireless determination to demonstrate life’s lessons to their children through their own example, and not by […]