That Time Paul Harvey Called Me on the Phone - Common Sense with Paul Jacob

Paul reviews the week’s big stories here on Common Sense with Paul Jacob — and also reminisces about Paul Harvey. And ghosts of turkeys past.

This Week in Common Sense, Nov. 25 – 29, 2019.

Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

Empowering Abuse of Power
Have a yen to cling indefinitely to political power? You probably …
E‑Power to the People
Disagreement is simply an inescapable part of living with one …
Three Bad Propositions
Two propositions on this November’s California ballot, Propositions 8 and 11, …
The Gig Is Up
Eventually, champions of government intervention, of all forms of thwarting …
Stop Phony Crony Pay Grab
Are people in Arkansas as stupid as their legislators think? Last …

Popular Posts (refresh for more)

The Hilarity of a Serious Threat
Is today’s politics tragic or comic? Take the current Democratic Party …
Yesterday’s NOW
Once upon a time, the National Organization for Women winked to …
Congress Considers the Draft
Yes, “mandatory national service” is a live topic — again! Mandatory National Service? …
Why Do You Want People to Starve?
In the 20th century, 100 million people were killed by …
E‑Panic
One of the better arguments for government relies upon sobriety: …

Today in Freedom

On January 29, 1850, Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress — which was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, designed to defuse tensions between slave and free states during the years leading up to the American Civil War. Produced by Whig senator Henry Clay and Democratic senator Stephen A. Douglas, with the support of President Millard Fillmore, the compromise centered on how to handle slavery in recently acquired territories from the Mexican – American War (1846 – 1848).

The compromise included a provision approving California’s request to enter the Union as a free state; it also strengthened fugitive slave laws with the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. In addition, the compromise

banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C. (while still allowing slavery itself to exist),
defined northern and western borders for Texas
while establishing a territorial government for the Territory of New Mexico, with no restrictions on whether any future state from this territory would be a free or slave state and established a territorial government for the Territory of Utah also with no restrictions on whether the territory would become a slave or free state.

Memes (refresh for more)

Progressives — Useful Enablers of Corporate Power
Outraged progressives…writing regulations…that only rich corporations can afford to follow! Progressives: …
Hillary’s Accomplishments
“I’m a progressive who likes to get things done.” —Hillary Clinton Click …
Bernie’s Principled Recommendation
Bernie Sanders, man of principle, translated: Sure Gary has taken a stand …
Sartre: Equal Liberty
“I cannot make liberty my aim unless I make that of …
More Common Sense from Tom Paine
“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it …

F.W. Taussig

Eighteen-fifty’s Compromise

Fifty Years After Buckley

Goofy Wig and All

ICE Melt in Minnesota

Not This King?

Rebel in Eden?