Hannah Arendt – ThisIsCommonSense.org

“No one has ever doubted that truth and politics are on rather bad terms with each other.”

—Hannah Arendt
(in her 1967 essay, “Truth and Politics.”)

Initiative, Referendum and Recall (refresh for more)

Who Rules the French?
The petition that Priscillia Ludosky posted on Change.org many weeks …
The People Are Restless
Scott Rasmussen’s polling company, Rasmussen Reports, asks questions the establishment …
Sticking It to the People
Nashville’s Metro Council? I’m no fan. But I do like …
Making the Grade
Americans want, need, and demand a greater voice in government. …
Running Democracy’s Red Light
In the traffic snarl of political ideas, the liberating concept …

Term Limits (refresh for more)

Intentionally Confounding Incumbents
The three issues on the ballot in Memphis this November …
Putin (and Householder) for Life
For the last 20 years, Vladimir V. Putin has served …
Term Limits for the Memories
Opponents say term limits destroy “institutional knowledge.” Imagine legislatures where …
The One-Man Petition Drive
Hurray for John Smelser! After five months of unfailing footwork, …
When Your Bond Is Your Bond
Remember the Alliance for Bonded Term Limits? I talked about …

Thought of the Day

Whereas the governments of some low-income countries are improving their economics policies, in the United States the proliferation of political movements that view economics with disdain, along with apparent general public support for government market interventions, are in considerable measure contributing to the decline in the performance of the U.S. economy.
Theodore W. Schultz, Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality (1981), p. 143-4.

— Theodore W. Schultz