NOTE: You may want to take a quick look at Table 1, Table 2, Tax Form 1, and Tax Form 2 before reading what follows.
NoSpeedBumps.com is about expanding freedom. More freedom means that the government has less power to tell you what to do. And it means that the government controls less [...]

I recall it bothering me (in the 70s, 80s, and 90s) that there were checks and balances on all major institutions in American society except for one: the news media. There was just no significant player or group to call the media on it when they did some blatantly biased reporting. You could get angry [...]

Here is something that Instapundit found on Jon Henke’s blogsite where Jon thinks we’re far from becoming a theocracy:
“I’m simply not persuaded by the argument that there is a burgeoning “Theocracy” in the United States. You can tell the Social Conservatives are losing by the very battles they are fighting. Almost without exception, [...]

Chrenkoff’s Good News from Iraq is up. He lists a comment by Kaban, 31, an electrical engineer from Baghdad:
“There have been many changes since the fall of Saddam’s regime, but the most important change was that we feel free… However, those who say that security was better in the past are completely wrong. It [...]

Today my wife and I went to Olney, Texas to a gyroplane fly-in and air show. This is also the place where they test fly the CarterCopter. Jay Carter was there as was his test pilot, Larry Neal. Neal is the guy flying the CarterCopter in this video.
Larry Neal has big dreams. He is an [...]

Much more here on how Imperial Japan forced Korean women into prostitution:
“One of the ravages of war has always been rape, but in the 1930s and ’40s the Imperial Japanese Forces made it systematic, forcing thousands of women into sexual slavery for their soldiers at highly organized “comfort stations.” Drawn mostly from Korea (which was [...]

Japan and China are trying to patch things up some. But here is why China and South Korea won’t let this go:
“China, South Korea and other Asian nations have long accused Japan of not apologizing adequately for invading and occupying its neighbors, and Chinese animosities are aggravated by their rivalry with the Japanese to be [...]

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologized today for the past atrocities Japan inflicted on its neighbors. This is a start, about time Japan gets on the high road here. Actually, Japan has made similar apologies in years past. But they need to do a much better job of getting the truth established in the minds [...]

Here is an insightful piece about where blogging is headed from a journalist’s point of view (hat tip: Instapundit).

John Stossel was on the local AM talk radio (WBAP, 820) program in Dallas tonight. He was talking about his new book Give Me a Break. I read this book recently and it is a great book if you are a believer in the need to expand our freedoms.
Stossel is a libertarian, not a [...]

You want to see the future of small craft aviation? Look right here. This high-tech gyrocopter will be able to fly faster than a plane yet land nearly vertically. It will also be fuel efficient. It is the vision of Jay Carter Jr, a resident of north Texas. Watch this video, this is cool stuff.