Category: Politics
An observation
First, let’s define a couple things. Pure capitalism and the free market mean that the market participants determine who of the market competitors survive...
Indoctrinate
If you ever want to see the amount of hypocrisy that goes on in politics, there is only one word you need to know: indoctrination. The right accuses the left of...
Words of a politician
One thing that I feel is rather telling is how Republicans and social conservatives are reacting in a rather predictable fashion to revelations of things that O...
Legalization = condonation?
There was a point in time wherein the idea of arguing for the repeal of criminal sanctions for actions was laughable. After all, in a free country like the Unit...
Ashamed to be American?
On YouTube, I subscribe to a user called PaulsEgo. Now on YouTube, he recently made a short series of videos that have caught quite a bit of attention because h...
Rep. Giffords, a federal judge, and a 9 year-old child
True, This! — Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. Behold The arch-enchanters wand! — itself a nothing! — But taking sorc...
Alleviating deadweight
You know, there’s one very simple way the government can reallocate billions of dollars in revenue that quite literally does nothing because it is nothing...
Revisiting legislation of the 111th Congress
As we approach the close of the 111th Congress and reflect on major legislative actions such as the health care reform bill, I think we should also reflect on l...
The politics of prayer, addressing political platforms
The Republican Platform mentions prayer twice. The first mention is on page 44-45: We will energetically assert the right of students to engage in voluntary pra...