Freedom to Think
While one can read recent works by respected academics such as Victor Davis Hanson, Thomas Sowell, and Walter Williams regarding modern Leftist speech codes, thought police, white privilege and other… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2016
On the Pursuit of Happiness
An occasional criticism of Thomas Jefferson’s edited Declaration of Independence is the substitution of ‘pursuit of happiness’ for that of ‘property.’ Both are Lockean terms well-suited for our Lockean Declaration…. Read more »
Election Angst
On November 8th, the last ballots will be cast for Representatives, Senators and a President. At the risk of betraying my age, I recall when nearly all voting was done… Read more »
Scotus: Judges or Oracles?
We roll our eyes today in disbelief of odd, ancient, pagan practices involving animal sacrifice, various gods, and oracles. Yet the Greek mythology developed around such practices shaped early western… Read more »
Our National Daddy
The ideals of our revolutionary era were heavily influenced by the Enlightenment soldier, politician, ambassador, polemicist Algernon Sidney (1623-1683) and the philosopher John Locke (1632-1704). They wrote their best works… Read more »
Federal Judge Extends Florida Registration
Another day, another judicial usurpation. Yesterday, in a display of judicial overreach so familiar in federal courts, US District Judge Mark Walker agreed with the Democrat Party of Florida and extended… Read more »
Convention of States Simulation and Virginia Ratification
Over the course of my three years in support of an Article V State Convention to propose amendments, a regular fear expressed by Article V opponents is that the convention… Read more »
Progressing the Constitution: One Man, One Vote II
If the 14th Amendment demands adherence to one-man-one-vote, the electoral college and US Senate operate in clear violation. Why didn’t scotus demand US Senate membership according to population? Because, unlike… Read more »
Progressing the Constitution: One Man, One Vote (Part I of V)
Our nation is accustomed to usurpations from scotus. What is worse, long after the detrimental effects of its usurpations become clear, it is practically impossible to reverse the rot or… Read more »
Mark Levin’s Liberty Amendments: Part IV
John Trenchard wrote in 1698 that government was a mere piece of clockwork, acting in the manner of its construction. The art of the politician, therefore, was to ensure that… Read more »