The Abhorrent Evil of Cowardice
It has often been said that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Yet I know of no freedom ever born of cowardice…
A Slow Cooker Recipe for Governance
There seems a reasonable justification to afford the citizenry at large standing for judicial review without foreknowledge of aggrievement or unintended…
How Do You Identify?
For those who avoided the aforementioned path, their answer is likely no. They reject with great sobriety the idea of governmental reliance…
Democracy Out of Context
But ignored here are the guardrails our constitution provides as insulation against the purity of democracy, i.e., the shelter for the minority against a maelstrom of…
For Memorial Day ~ The Great American Poll Tax
Imposed from our founding, a tremendous levy finds only a selfless few. Where markers on scattered fields betray their expense, the final vote stands…
A Rationing of Freedom
Our elections bring about chaotic fits and starts; a loosening or tightening of the reins on governance. Without care, the perception of them as “democracy in action” can obscure the more fundamental – that we are a constitutional…
Whose Share Unfair?
As a concern for the government, taxation is merely a de facto entitlement to the financial compensation of another’s effort. This of course provides essential funding for the litany of…
A Look Over the Horizon
Employers hire employees based on experience. More specifically, an individual’s experience to accurately predict the consequences of particular actions in order to exploit the favorable and avoid the…
The Career Ending Novelty
Yet should an individual have a genuine desire of repeated public service, the regularity of shifting political winds helps ensure the weeding out of all but the most honorable…