Rights and the law
I thought about rights and the law this week, as items in the news lead to those subjects these days.
I thought about rights and the law this week, as items in the news lead to those subjects these days.
Government secrecy propagates pervasive falsehood and deceit. Secrecy removes respect for all those who practice it.
Much more than a marriage between two people, political unions are marriages of convenience. When a union becomes an oppressive burden, participants can dissolve it. If dissolution appears too difficult, consider the costs of keeping it together.
I’ll bet the security state maintains its secret, privileged positions in government’s underground plumbing, until the country loses a major war. Then we will see competition for power among institutions and individuals that makes the infighting in Trump’s White House look pacific.
Several forms of democracy continue, but we no longer function as a constitutional republic. Secession and other radical changes recognize and ratify something that has already taken place.
In a strictly political and historical sense, Paul spoke for the Constitution, and for the ideals of our founders, who wrote their ideals into the Constitution.
Government’s legitimacy depends upon faith in its good intentions. If government’s intentions are bad, and we citizens know they are …
At present, the Republican primaries are dominated by a neo-fascist who seems to think he can “Make America Great Again” …
As we enter this presidential political season, where candidates from both parties announce they are ready for us, regardless of whether …
Here are two quotations from the Oath Keepers website: All patriots have one thing in common. Tyrants always brand them …
They’ve done it. The United States Department of Justice has filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, charging him with …
This has been a truly treacherous incline. Note two things about slopes covered with oil, ice, or public righteousness. Once you head that direction, you accelerate. No friction holds you back. Secondly, treacherous inclines remain just as slippery when you attempt to climb out of the pit. Civil rights have always had this quality: easy to lose, hard to get back.