This is exactly what I’ve been thinking for the past week:
There are two "societies" working side by side in America: a "civil" society, and a "political" society. Civil society consists of all the voluntary transactions and interactions we undertake on a daily basis. Going to the grocery store or to church, buying stock, seeing a […]

Charlie and I picked up another Crosscut, this time about Ron Paul.  It actually started out as a casual email, and wound up being what I believe to be an interesting conversation.
It seems to me that where Charlie and I differ the most centers around where government powers should lie.  I believe that less federal […]

They made a list, but they should have checked it    twice.
In a December newsletter to the families of elementary school students, Spokane Public Schools’ list of “important dates” didn’t include Christmas.
Hanukkah, Human Rights Day, winter break, the Islamic holy day Eid al-Adha, first day of winter and Kwanzaa all made the list. But no Christmas.
“It […]

Like him or hate him, he’s honest and he’s right (as much as I don’t want to admit it).  He also knows and follows his constitution, unlike many of our illustrious politicians. 
I’m still not sold - and am not sure I ever will be - on Ron Paul’s somewhat isolationist platforms when it comes […]

FREEDOM ISN’T FREE
I watched the flag pass by one dayIt fluttered in the breezeA young soldier saluted it, and thenHe stood at ease
I looked at him in uniformSo young, so tall, so proudWith hair cut square and eyes alertHe’d stand out in any crowd
I thought how many men like himHad fallen through the yearsHow […]

“The beauty of our system isn’t that we have the right to vote. No, the nice thing is that people who are too dumb or lazy or uninformed to bother casting a ballot aren’t compelled to vote.”
- Columnist Burt Prelutsky