Stimulus Marks The Death Of Federalism
If federalism wasn’t dead already, the “stimulus” killed it. That is, the relationship between the federal government and the states has become so distorted compared to the original conception held by our founders that it would make little practical difference if we just went ahead and abolished the concept of states altogether.
The Constitution designed [...]
Reflections On National Bill Of Rights Day
December 15th is National Bill of Rights Day. The holiday was established in 1941 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. It is of a deep irony that the President who authorized the holiday, Franklin Roosevelt, was one of the most prolific violators of the document.
This [...]
How To Behave In Opposition: An Open Letter To Republicans
Dear Republicans,
As many have seen coming for quite some time, your party has suffered massive electoral defeat. The reasons for this defeat are numerous, but can most simply be stated as thus: when given a choice between liberalism and liberalism-lite, voters will take the real thing. In past elections Republicans have responded to this reality [...]
Kill The Speculators!
Democrats have responded to rising oil prices as one would predict: not by seeking to alleviate the primary cause of price increases (a widening gap between growth in supply versus demand), but by finding a new boogeyman to justify increasing government involvement in and control over markets.
The evil-doer behind the conspiracy to hurt average people [...]
Rewritting History In The Name Of The Messiah
Seattle Times Blogger Bruce Ramsey has jumped the shark in defense of the media’s savior.
Democrats are rebuking President Bush for saying in his speech to the Knesset, here, that to “negotiate with terrorists and radicals” is “appeasement.” The Democrats took it as a slap at Barack Obama. What bothers me is the continual reference to [...]
The Real Endangered Species
In a dangerous partial-capitulation to socialists seeking a back-door through which to exert control over the U.S. economy, the Bush administration has chosen to list the polar bear on the threatened species list. The socialists were not satisfied, however, in the administration’s refusal to submit all economic activities to the oversight of a central [...]
In Defense of Partisanship
One of the themes we’re hearing about this year, ad nauseum, is the idea that the nation is presently besieged by extreme partisanship, and that little more than a timely dose of bipartisanship is needed to cure all our ills. This is pure hogwash.The late William F. Buckley correctly opposed this poison pill in his [...]
Nobody Expects The Canadian Inquisition
The Spanish Inquisition may be long gone, but a new intellectual and religious chill, exemplified by the attacks being lodged against Mark Steyn and Macleans magazine by a gaggle of Canadian “human rights commissions”, has descended upon Western civilization. In a paroxysm of multicultural self-flagellation, guilty white busy-bodies are tripping over themselves in a rush [...]
World Faces Dual Fascist Threats In 2008
As we enter the new year it’s important to remember that world stability, economic prosperity, and freedom will again be threatened not by one, but by two separate fascist movements. Global Jihad has as its express goal the subjugation of the world, the waging of jihad to bring that part of the world known as [...]
Liberalism’s Illiberalism
It becomes ever more striking just how illiberal todays liberals are. A word that once represented a school of thought including the likes of James Madison, John Locke and John Stuart Mill now finds provides a comforting home for Marxism. No longer does liberalism represent freedom and tolerance of different views and ideas. Rather, those [...]
Poetic Brainwashing
The fight against the myth of global warming has seen much progress in 2007. More and more scientists are speaking out against the intimidation and political deceptions behind the scam. But now is not the time to rest on our laurels. We are in grave danger of losing the next generation as the grip of [...]
Energy Bill Provides Neither Independence Nor Security
President Bush (White House comments can be found here) today signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. If we lived in a world where titles have meaning, this would be a positive occasion. Sadly, this bill provides neither security nor independence. Rather, it forces on consumers a product they do not [...]
DoJ Questions Florida Voting Protections
Voter fraud is a serious problem all across the country, a problem made much worse in the 90’s thanks to Clinton’s “motor voter” debacle. Many states, responding to public pressure, have moved to close loopholes and ensure the integrity of the voting process. The Florida legislature has passed a sensible bill that made what can [...]
Global Warming Legislation: Economic Poison Pill
The hysteria on Global Warming is not just an amusing adventure into delusional-land. Such flagrant disregard for real science and the adoption of doom-and-gloom loaded pseudo-science has real consequences. One of those consequences is now being advanced in the Senate and threatens to wreck havoc on the American economy, and all for no gain whatsoever.
The [...]
Tyranny In America
Americans have given much to fight tyranny around the world. But what about all the creeping tyranny right here in America? The following two stories illustrate in different ways just how overbearing the United States government has become since its inception as an institution once designed to protect, rather than infringe upon, basic rights.
First, we [...]
