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Post date April 11, 2020

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This week’s stories expanded, ruminated, and expounded upon:

This Week in Common Sense, April 6 — 10, 2020.

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The Willamantic Refuseniks
SharingThirty-five years ago, the people of Willimantic, Connecticut, confirmed my …
Illinois’s Chicken-and-Fish Supreme Court
SharingA constitution is the law of the land only to …
Two-Thirds to Raise Taxes
SharingYou can’t keep a good Eyman down. “Who says politicians don’t listen?” …
Pity the Politicians?
SharingIn tough times, who get hit hardest? According to the …
The Gig Is Up
SharingEventually, champions of government intervention, of all forms of thwarting …

President Next
July 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on the obvious step to come.Read More »
National Control
July 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on the latest numbskull notion from the nattering …Read More »
The Vance Plan for DEI
July 18, 2024
Paul Jacob asks and answers the key policy question arising …Read More »
The Slope of Service
July 17, 2024
Paul Jacob tries to make sense of a massive government …Read More »
A Cool Ninety Million
July 16, 2024
Paul Jacob on big Democrat donors holding out on Biden.Read More »

Corrupt Craft
SharingSome political opponents win your respect, even if not your …
Suppressed Measure Woulda Won
SharingArkansas politicians and their cronies were terrified by Issue 3. …
The Limits of Corruption
SharingAnother corrupt, term-limits-hating, careerist politician bites the dust. “Federal prosecutors say …
The Arrogance Award
SharingOne reason politicians give themselves awards is that, frankly, nobody …
Political Babes
Robert Dover is a freshman state senator in Nebraska’s unicameral legislature, …

The Law of Unintended Trump Support
SharingLast week, when President Donald Trump abandoned his previous policy …
Green New Extremism
SharingCitation is here. And here.
The Whys Behind the Whats
Sharing“[H]ow quickly our differences worldwide would vanish,” said Ronald Reagan …
The Anti-Orange Man Cult
SharingHow do you know you are in an end-time cult? When …
The Hilarity of a Serious Threat
SharingIs today’s politics tragic or comic? Take the current Democratic Party …

Bernie’s Slippery Definition of Democratic Socialism
Bernie Sanders has always given a comically slippery definition of democratic socialism. For …
Maybe they don’t know what they believe…
In one breath, they mock anyone who thinks that Bernie …
NOT the Impossible Dream
The American Dream is dead. Has been for at least a year …
Dear Bernie: Here’s How Rights Work…
A new “right” that violates other fundamental rights, can’t be …
Wasted Votes
“The only wasted vote is a vote cast without conviction.” –Daniel Hannan …