Arrase na festa com um penteado feito em 2 minutos / Manu Carvalho / JP

One of the big ways the progressives seek your support is to continuously adjust your expectations downward – your expectations of prosperity and abundance, of lifestyle, of enjoying the fruits of honest labor, of a long and happy life itself. They constantly bombard you with messages about how unfair all of those things are, and how evil it supposedly is that some enjoy prosperous lives while others don’t….

Biased reporting on taxes has become a New York Times tradition. The tradition is alive and well.

The coming of the New Year brings new hope for a fresh start and a better tomorrow – but this does not seem to apply to the UK’s economy. As early as November 2011, the British Chambers of Commerce has already warned that any growth that can be expected in the UK economy in 2012 is likely to be minimal until the middle of the year. They admit the impact of the debt crisis in the eurozone had been greater than they had originally foreseen.

The other evening I watched a contemporary film that I’m positive was meant by its writers and producers to be a modern day story depicting five well-to-do company executives who like many of us, become victims of our country’s financial meltdown, or as the news media calls it – the Recession. These unfortunate souls were forced to go from multi-million dollar homes, corporate jets, vacation houses in the Bahamas, first-class country club memberships..

Since the start of 2012, many Americans were met with the highest gas prices seen ever. The worst thing is that analysts are now predicting the worst is not over, with prices tipped to go well over $5 during the year. Making matters even worse is the current tensions in Iran, and the threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, which has driven crude prices sky high.