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Harris Sherline

Harris R. Sherline is a retired certified public accountant and executive, whose conservative commentaries appear weekly in two California newspapers.  His web blog is "Opinionfest.com."
Articles by this Author
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» The Bleak Future of Social Security
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/29/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

        Imagine an America without Social Security.  It’s hard to imagine, isn’t it?  But, Social Security is failing, and according to most qualified observers, it’s already starting to happen.  If I were a betting man, I would wager that unless something is done soon, the nation’s retirement program for seniors is a goner.  The question is not “if” but “when.”

 

» Privatizing Social Security
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/27/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         The best answer to reforming the Social Security system is to wean it off the government dole by allowing people to set aside at least some portion of their payroll taxes in personal investment accounts for their own retirement.
» We Need Honest Accounting in Government
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/21/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         Everywhere we look in both industry and government, we see evidence of duplicity and manipulation of financial information, but nowhere is it more apparent than in government.

 

» "Let Them Eat Cake"
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/15/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated

        Somehow, Marie Antoinette’s infamous statement, “Let Them Eat Cake,” seems to ring true today, because of the Obamas’ jet-setting, self-indulgent behavior as the president and first lady of the United States.  Hardly a day goes by that we don’t see one or both of them in the news, vacationing somewhere, often on our dime.

» The Mosque at Ground Zero
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/12/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
        It’s clear that millions of other Americans oppose what they see as a deliberate assault on the sensibilities of those who lost friends and family in the WTC attack on 9/11.
» Order in the Court
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/7/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         If we do not recognize this threat to our liberties, we may eventually find ourselves ruled by our courts.  The fix is relatively easy, if our legislators are willing to do it.  Congress has the authority to act and must do so before it completely surrenders the power that is vested in the Legislative Branch.

 

» Random Observations
By Harris Sherline | Published 08/5/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
          The miracle of information and knowledge that’s available through modern media and the Internet has also brought with it the curse of overload and misinformation.

 

» Neverland State Park
By Harris Sherline | Published 07/22/2010 | CalWatch | Unrated

        The Sacramento Bee recently reported that the NAACP is backing an idea that has been advanced by California state assemblyman Mike Davis, to turn Michael Jackson’s Neverland property into a state park.  The list of reasons why this is a bad idea starts with the fact that there is no money in the state’s coffers for an expenditure of the magnitude that this would require. 

» Healthcare Reform and Doctors, Part I
By Harris Sherline | Published 07/18/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         Since the government determines how much doctors and hospitals are paid for services to Medicare and Medicaid patients, the inescapable result is that health care providers invariably end up being underpaid.

 

» Healthcare Reform and Doctors, Part II
By Harris Sherline | Published 07/18/2010 | From Our Writers | Unrated
         Hardly a day goes by that we don’t learn something new about the negative impacts that Obama’s healthcare plan is having or holds in store for the sick and elderly in America.
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Blogs by this Author
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Published 05/31/2008
          With the due date for filing individual income tax returns having recently passed, this seems like a good time to reflect on the annual ritu...
Published 08/29/2008
        America claims to have the goal of eliminating all forms of prejudice: color, race, creed, gender, sexual preference, financial status, age, religion, and et...
Published 09/27/2008
       I’m no longer surprised by the fact that politicians and bureaucrats generally try to hide many of their actions from public view, especially those that may ...
Published 10/4/2008
       The “Official Voter Information Guide” for the November election recently arrived in our mailbox.  After giving it the usual once-over, I was stru...
Published 11/22/2008
        How many laws do we pass to fix problems, only to find out that they don’t fix anything and often make things worse?  Sometimes laws are pa...
Published 01/11/2009
       Has the endless barrage of “politically correct” (PC) rules that we are subjected to nowadays finally overcome our nation’s treasured right of fr...
Published 01/17/2009
        Unless our political leaders wake up and change course, we are headed for hyperinflation.  We’re not there yet, but I believe we are on the cusp, ...
Published 04/18/2009
        The media not only reports but often hypes statistics about unemployment and other matters without troubling to put the information into context.  &nb...
Published 05/2/2009
        Below is a letter that I wrote in March, 1999, to the U.S. senator who was heading the Republican Presidential Task Force at that time.  Re-reading...
Published 06/6/2009
       Why do we continue to support the United Nations (U.N.), as if it actually has any credibility or influence left?  Unfortunately, in many respects the U.N. ha...
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