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Four Measures for Rogue Government
SharingRule of thumb: don’t enact today laws that, had they …
Initiative-Crippling Law Clobbered
The right of citizen initiative is the right of voters …
Will Vote for Work – $5
SharingRichard Milhous Nixon once famously proclaimed, “I am not a crook.” …
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
Sharing“One of the great myths in official Washington,” writes pollster …
The Maine Thing
SharingRanked Choice Voting (RCV) allows voters to rank electoral candidates …

Denial Is a River in Argentina?
November 22, 2024
Paul Jacob on one country’s retreat from self-imposed poverty.Read More »
Watch Out!
November 21, 2024
Paul Jacob on strange edits in the Lone Star State.Read More »
The Hill as Hallucinogen
November 19, 2024
Paul Jacob on a false news story, gone but not …Read More »
Elon & Vivek to Cut Government?
November 18, 2024
Paul Jacob on who could help whom do what is …Read More »
Lost Justice, Long Island
November 15, 2024
Paul Jacob finds a sliver of a silver lining in …Read More »

Cheaters Never Prosper
Sharing“I want to go home,” Arkansas State Senator Jon Woods whimpered. …
Burkina Faso and Arkansas
SharingMaybe Burkina Faso, in northwest Africa between Mali and Niger, …
Market Power vs. Political Power
SharingCritics of term limits on elected officials sometimes say: “You …
Term Limits for the Memories
SharingOpponents say term limits destroy “institutional knowledge.” Imagine legislatures where unsophisticated …
Yet Another Term Limits Scam
SharingIt’s like a matryoshka, the Russian wooden doll hiding another doll …

The Law of Unintended Trump Support
SharingLast week, when President Donald Trump abandoned his previous policy …
Hat Hate
SharingI will concede — at least “arguendo” — that President Trump is awful. But …
Scientists for Censorship
Sharing“You have signed the death warrant for science,” scientist Peter …
Bellicose Exclusions
Sharing“Jones and his Infowars nutritional supplement sales empire are having …
The Debate Begins?
SharingThe Green New Deal? So yesterday! “Millionaires and billionaires” paying …

An Argument in Favor of Term Limits
“As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot …
Dear Bernie: Here’s How Rights Work…
A new “right” that violates other fundamental rights, can’t be …
A Childlike Faith…
SOCIALISM… The childlike faith that a powerful, ever-growingGovernment couldn’t possibly pose …
Maybe they don’t know what they believe…
In one breath, they mock anyone who thinks that Bernie …
Walter Bagehot
“It is good to be without vices, but it is …