If you were asked to name the most dangerous person in Trump’s cabinet, your first thought might be Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose only qualification for the job of running the Pentagon is his tenure at Fox News and …
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The Legitimacy of Property Taxes
I remind the reader who sent me the meme here that the main use of property tax is the funding of public schools. Speaking for myself, this is a sacrifice I’ve always happily made, both before and after I had …
Yes, Rule of Law Is Eroding, But Can’t We Fix That?
I have to admit, Roberts’ statement here does seem stupid in the extreme. Also, the idea that a sitting president can’t be charged with a crime is asinine; it’s antithetical to the idea of democracy.
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Democracies Are Fragile
What Frank Herbert says here is true. It seems to be another way of saying what Plato did: “Only those who don’t want power are qualified to hold it.” Perhaps this is the reason that democracies have a finite shelf …
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Conversation Between the Founding Fathers
Senior energy analyst Glen Doty remarks: This made me smile. And a reader adds: “No felons” seemed pretty obvious. Didn’t know we had to write that one down. The 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution contemplates the idea that voters may …
Dear Governor Walz
Governor Walz: I like you, but: 1) While I hate quibbling over the nuances of words, I wouldn’t use the word “marred” here. Dining room tables are “marred” when someone drops a knife on them. Families are “torn apart” when …
Trump Not Needed or Wanted in Chicago
As shown at left, not everyone in the United States government is letting Trump order him around like a slave. Of course, JB Pritzker is the governor of a progressive state and is speaking about Chicago, a large and extremely …
Our Limited Reverence for the Wishes of the Founding Fathers
As shown at left, the United States has, in large measure, abandoned the idea that our government act in accord with the U.S. Constitution and the wishes of the men who came together to found this nation. We’re all waiting …
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Why Trump Is Mobilizing the U.S. Military in Washington D.C.
Given that the crime rate is so much higher in the red states, what’s the fascination with punishing cities that are controlled by democrats?
Trump Certainly Has “Owned the Libs”
By exerting the absolute power that Trump believes comes along with the U.S. presidency, he has most definitely thrown most Americans into a snit. Strangely, we preferred the representative democracy we had before.
