Posts under ‘Government’

The battle over a deficit-reducing federal budget (an oxymoron) is providing the American people with a much needed reality check. For years We The People have been electing a Republican president and a Democratically-controlled congress. We elect a congress that promises to give us more and better of everything and we elect a president that […]

I saw a rerun of an old “Dennis the Menace” TV show the other day and was struck by the remarkable similarity between Dennis the Menace and the United States Congress. There was Dennis, all wide-eyed and astonished saying, “Gee, Mr. Wilson, you just stuck your foot right in that bucket of paint!” Mr. Wilson […]

Burning the American flag as political protest: protected “speech.”

Burning a draft card as political protest: not protected.

Oh, the subtle nuances of constitutional law!

Time after time the rights of individual citizens are subordinated to the best interests of “society.” But, hey, wait a minute! I’m society; you’re society. Auntie Em and Joe Sixpack are all part of “society.” How can violating the rights of the people making up society be in society’s best interests?

In the beginning, there was M.A.D., Mutual Assured Destruction. The theory was, if we hurl ICBMs (Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles) at the Soviet Union, or they at us, the folks on the receiving end would have time to launch their own missiles in a counter-attack and both would be obliterated. Thus, both we and the Soviets […]