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Relevance: 33% Posted on: March 9, 2016
The answer to what ails us is . . . us. Oh, we can say it is the fault of politicians — and we’re not wrong — but turning to the cause of a problem for its solution is . . . problematic at best. Our politics is a tug-of-war,…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: July 15, 2018
Even our best and brightest minds can make elementary mistakes that normal Americans do not. Case in point: term limits. Consult Townhall this weekend. And come back here for a deeper consultancy list: Tom Woods Podcast with Daniel McCarthy: Did Trump Eclipse the Libertarian Moment? National Review: How the Kavanaugh…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: April 10, 2012
Americans too often forget how ugly politics used to be. In the 19th century, “tarring and feathering” was just one terrible way among many of “making a point.” Drenching somebody in hot tar is painful; putting feathers on that someone and sending them running was humiliating, as well. And a…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: April 5, 2012
On April 5, 1792, George Washington exercised the first presidential veto of a congressional bill, a new plan for dividing seats in the House of Representatives, which would have increased the number of seats for northern states. Washington vetoed only one other bill during his two terms in office, an…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: April 5, 2018
On April 5, 1792, George Washington exercised the first presidential veto of a congressional bill, a new plan for dividing seats in the House of Representatives, which would have increased the number of seats for northern states. Washington vetoed only one other bill during his two terms in office, an…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: March 19, 2012
On March 19, 1734, patriot Thomas McKean was born in Pennsylvania. McKean went on to sign the Declaration of Independence and to serve as president of the state of Delaware, chief justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court and president of the U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation. On March 19,…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: December 10, 2011
On Dec. 10, 1869, Wyoming territorial legislators passed a bill to make it the first state or territory to grant women the right to vote. At the time, men outnumbered women by a margin of six-to-one in Wyoming. On Dec. 10, 1778, John Jay was elected president of the Continental…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: February 2, 2010
Advocates of campaign finance regulation, what George Will calls "speech rationing," say letting corporations -- including non-profit corporations -- spend unlimited money on political speech corrupts democracy. Actually, muzzling speech is what corrupts democracy and the point of it: i.e., to protect our freedoms, including freedom of speech. Protecting these…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: February 4, 2017
The capital error is becoming prevalent, which holds the pernicious doctrine that this is a government of men, instead of one of principles. Whenever this error shall so far come to a head as to get to be paramount in action, the well-disposed may sit down and mourn over, not…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: November 24, 2015
Government is supposed to defend our rights, including rights to property. When it doesn’t — or when in the course of its job it takes our stuff without due process — it ceases to justify its own existence, appearing to all intents and purposes like just another criminal…