Not a day after I submitted my resignation to the Polk County Republican Party, did I receive an email from one of the officers, including a rough draft of a resolution in opposition to the statewide smoking ban.   (I told you they’re good folks.) 
Well, I just found out, via the Reverend Jody, that the […]

This short Crosscut is about basic rights, and how conservatives and progressives prioritize them. 
What I came away with is that I see private property rights as something that must be protected if we’re to remain free, and Charlie  feels that "human rights" (government action to preserve health and well-being) as more important. 
It’s obvious […]

Couldn’t have stated it better, myself.

Author and humorist Garrison Keillor and his wife have sued the city of  St. Paul and their next-door neighbor, claiming that a garage renovation was approved improperly and without notice to them.
Keillor and his wife, violinist Jenny Lind Nilsson, say neighbor Lori Anderson’s plan to knock down her one-story detached garage and replace it […]

When something is being forced upon me, I tend to be skeptical of what it is that’s being forced.  Call me crazy.
No more than two weeks ago, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published a borderline retarded op-ed about smoking bans.  (See my scathing - and somewhat pissy - review, here.)  Well, they’re back at it again […]

Please stop over and sign my friend, Ryan’s petition to stop the smoking ban in Wisconsin!
It doesn’t matter if you smoke or not, this is about property rights and business owners - who have risked their life savings on their investments - being able to allow the use of a legal substance on their private […]

For all of you out there who are giddy with delight over smoking bans, but still call yourselves “conservative”, you should go read this article.  (It’s from a British source, but that makes no difference.  As Americans, we should learn from it.)
I’ve always said that this is about private property rights, and that eventually, if […]

This is the single most ignorant op-ed on smoking bans that I’ve ever read. 
Allow me to break it down for you…
There has been some rumbling of an exemption for taverns in a proposal, still in committee in the state Senate, for a statewide smoking ban.
If such an exemption were to occur, it might be […]