Author Archives: Bill Shuey

Many people who may vote in the democratic primary election, if there is one and the general election in 2016 have no real knowledge of Mrs. Clinton or her accomplishments. As a public service, I thought I would provide some … Continue reading →

Disparate Impact is the theory that prohibits an employer from using a facially neutral employment practice to unjustifiably impact a member of a protected class. Even though it does not discriminate on the face of it; the argument is that … Continue reading →

No doubt at some time in the future the United States will have a female head of state. Margaret Thatcher was an excellent prime minister of Great Britain. Angela Merkel the current chancellor of Germany seems competent enough — but … Continue reading →

What a horrible time in America —an inept leader in the White House and knot- headed Republicans nipping at his heels like a pack of annoying Chihuahuas. And like those pesky little dogs, they seemingly have no apparent talent other … Continue reading →

There are twin 800-pound gorillas dictating race relations in the United States: Fear and propaganda – not necessarily in that order. Everyone with at least a room temperature IQ knows that the race baiters/hustlers/pimps ramp up the rhetoric and then … Continue reading →

Watching the looting and mayhem in Ferguson, MO was just as tedious as watching the movie “Ground Hog Day” over and over and over — St. Petersburg, Cincinnati, Benton Harbor, Oakland, Ferguson, and on and on. What do they all … Continue reading →

“He who hesitates is lost — swift and resolute action leads to success; self-doubt is a prelude to disaster.” This proverb was first penned by English essayist Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719). If this saying rang … Continue reading →

There is at the very least the suggestion that the White House was involved in the Internal Revenue Service decision to target conservative groups which were Obama’s political enemies. If it turns out that that premise is totally inaccurate, we … Continue reading →

The fact that black Africans were placed into slavery for centuries is common knowledge. However, there is another ethic group that was forced into slavery that goes unnoticed by history —perhaps because they have never used their historical experience to … Continue reading →

Since Mr. Putin set his sights on Crimea America has been: outsmarted, out maneuvered, out-hustled, out-thought, and outright embarrassed —or at least those few Washington politicians who even know the where and what of Crimea are mortified. Every day January … Continue reading →

Recently, I was stopped by a NC highway patrolman because I had neglected (forgotten) to fasten my seatbelt. When I gave him my driver’s license, registration, and insurance information, he was about 18 inches from my face. My driver’s license … Continue reading →

Jesse Jackson was on NBC News “Meet the Press” recently and made one of his trademark idiotic statements —“Apartheid remains” in America. Apartheid is a government policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race. But on closer … Continue reading →

In order to keep racism alive in America, discrimination must be claimed in subtle tones, employing euphemisms and buzz words. The war against discrimination has largely been won — the continuing uproar by race baiters and fomenters of hatred may … Continue reading →

Charles Krauthammer gave us all good advice when he suggested that we should ignore what President Obama says and concentrate on what he does. The reality is that very little that the president peddled to America when he was attempting … Continue reading →

Our political system is the envy of the world and our republic the model for every nation on earth. Our problems are not generated by our system of government but rather by the people that we elect to make it … Continue reading →