Mike Jensen

All I Want for Christmas Is to Be a Math Teacher

It’s the Christmas season again, and you can feel that Christmas spirit everywhere. It’s the time of year when we’re inundated with the sights and sounds of the season: chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose, two women coming to blows over the last Tickle Me Elmo.

The Proper Role of Government

I saw something interesting on television the other night. It was late and I was channel surfing when I came upon an old video clip of Michael Moore giving a speech at Mott Community College in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. You’ll remember Moore from such highly-edited, quasi-documentaries as “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 911.” As you can imagine, I’m not a big fan of Michael Moore.

You Thought I Was Kidding

Government exists for just two purposes: (1) to provide its citizens with the freedom to live their lives as they so choose, and (2) to protect us from those, both foreign and domestic, who would try to take away that freedom. Once government steps outside of those two purposes, it is itself taking away that freedom.

Just How Separate Should They Be?

The year 2007 was America’s and Virginia’s 400th anniversary. I was living in Virginia at the time, and it was cause for celebration. It also reminded me why those hardy Jamestown settlers risked—and often gave—their all to come to this new world. This is a reminder we should all have on a regular basis.

The Dangers of Do-Gooders

It’s easy in today’s politically charged climate to see those with whom we disagree as despicable monsters intent on the destruction of everything we hold dear. Liberals paint conservatives as selfish fat cats who want to take advantage of the poor and defenseless. Conservatives see liberals as power-hungry despots constantly searching for new ways to enhance the size and scope of government.

Why I Don’t Believe in Man-Made Global Warming

I don’t buy the warnings of Al Gore and others about man-made global warming. I have written extensively on the topic, and Canada Free Press regularly runs pieces debunking the global warming scam.

Two Men Who Changed America

I was born in 1964, just when things were getting really weird in this country—although I don’t think there was any connection between the two.

Just Call Me Liberal

I’m a liberal. A flaming, radical liberal. This may surprise several of my readers—both supporters and opponents—who I’m sure would consider my positions to be very conservative. The problem is, what most people consider “liberal” and “conservative” really has nothing to do with the true meanings of “liberal” and “conservative.”

Environmentalist Holy Rollers

Two seemingly unrelated events happened recently that have given me a deeper understanding of the radical environmental movement in this country and throughout the world.

We Ain’t so Dumb

One of liberals’ favorite attacks on conservatives is to label us as “dumb.” We’re simple-minded, or we only see in black and white while the world exists in shades of grey, or—in the case of Rush Limbaugh fans—we’re “mind-numbed robots.”