Many of us grew up with images of millionaires as rare and unusual people.  Movies and television depicted millionaires as untouchable and unapproachable individuals that common folk could never meet.  Here in the 21^st century, economic conditions along with the availability of pre-tax investing for everyone have created an environment where millionaires are commonplace. 

If you stand on a street corner and inquire of everyone who passes by if they are a millionaire or a school teacher, you will find that you are three times more likely to meet a millionaire than a school teacher. 

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Arizona State Senator Carlyle Begay

Arizona State Senator Carlyle Begay announced on Monday he was leaving the Democratic Party for the “party of progress.” He’s now a Republican.

Begay, appointed as a Democrat in 2013 and re-elected in 2014, recently cited his colleague’s reaction to his decision to cross party lines to pass the current budget as a “tipping point.”

In a video released on Monday, Begay said it has been the Republicans who have worked with him to “improve education, jobs and infrastructure.”

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Carly Fiorina, Photo by Greg Duke, Tulsa Today

Editorial UPDATED with Video: Rising GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina appeared Friday on The View – a show that repeatedly demonstrates pathetic worship of celebrity over coherency all from a tired old leftwing progressive perspective. That is not to say the show is boring and stupid – just to directly imply it.

In the perfect set-up, TheHill.com posted an interview with Fiorina in which the presidential contender asserts that feminism has become a divisive force between men and women in politics.

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Chapman University has released a Survey of American Fears that provides an unprecedented look into the drivers of concern among average Americans. In April of 2015, a random sample of 1,541 adults from across the United States were asked their level of fear about eighty-eight different fears across a huge variety of topics ranging from crime, the government, disasters, personal anxieties, technology and many others.

Writing about this study, John Nolte of Breitbart.com asserts, “this is yet another piece of the puzzle that explains why our media is so out of touch and why our pundits have been so wrong about everything for so long.”

Candidates for any elected public office should pay attention here.

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DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Editorial: The Hill is reporting today that Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz dodged questions on Sunday about whether Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s description of himself as a “socialist” would hurt the Democratic Party. She has previously refused, also in national broadcast interviews, to define a difference between the National Democratic Party and socialism generally.

If you can’t define a difference – you are one.

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