Rest peacefully, grandpa
On September 1, 2006, four years ago this day, my grandfather passed away at the age of 72. He was one of the persons after whom I was named: Kenneth Lee Ballar...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Congressman Steve King
Congressman King, Let me say this in advance of everything else: I hope you lose in November, but I fear you might win re-election. The people of Iowa, and part...
"That’s obscene, and I’m offended!"
What do John Stagliano, Lizzy Borden, and Rob Zicari have in common? All three were prosecuted under Federal obscenity laws. Lizzy Borden and Rob Zicari were se...
Freedom of Conscience
On his show Tuesday night, Glenn Beck talked about a plan by the Obama administration to repeal the "Freedom of Conscience Act", which gives health ca...
Children of anonymous sperm donations
Men donate sperm for one of any number of reasons, and likely the top reason is simply money since sperm banks tend to pay their donors. A lot of the samples ar...
Tom & Jerry
Censorship with the vintage Tom and Jerry cartoons is a horse beaten so far beyond death that flies are buzzing around horse pulp instead of a carcass. As such,...
Being Libertarian
Earlier in my life, I knew my late grandfather was a libertarian. Back then, before I got my head on straight, I thought that libertarianism was on par with ana...
Rights of marriage
Here’s an interesting question that no one seems to be asking in this enormous debate on gay marriage: do you have a right to get married? Now if we were ...
Independent health insurance
One thing in this health care debate that has frustrated me to no end is how both Republicans and Democrats make it seem like unless you have a job you cannot h...
Who grants rights?
Who grants you your rights? This is one question that is an argument of the pious. It’s similar to questions like "who created life". The idea b...