Can the entire story of the worst economic disaster in American history really be told from just eight words in a political party’s platform? In this case, yes. Here are the fateful words that introduced the second section of the...
If there was one thing that pushed me from “conservatism” to libertarianism when I was younger it was FDR’s internment of American citizens of Japanese descent. He placed US CITIZENS in concentration camps. That happened. (From SFCronicle.com) In its ruling...
As we’ve said before, the census should go like this: “Hi Mr. Mrs. Citizen. How many people live in this house/apartment/whatever?” And done. The government doesn’t need to know about your “race,” or how many bathrooms you have, or whether...
We always shudder when we hear the word “infrastructure.” It is too often a codeword for crony capitalist make-work projects. Remember Obama’s whole “shovel ready” bit. We saw what that got us. Big projects usually require big contractors. They...
Word is that President Trump wants to have a big military parade in DC this Independence Day. He says he was inspired by the Bastille Day parade in Paris last year. We would advise the president not to do this....
“Well, I NEVER!” – Dick Durban (From The National Review) I think Trump’s sh**hole comment was bad, and I have a G-File coming out shortly explaining why. But I just heard Dick Durbin say, “I cannot believe in this...
“Conservatives” are supposed to be for smaller government. “Conservatives” are supposed to be for federalism. Sessions is for neither apparently and that, in this day and age, should not be. From a political perspective this is a flat...
“Patton was going to resign from the Army. He wanted to go to war with the Russians. The administration thought he was nuts. “He also knew secrets of the war which would have ruined careers. I don’t think Dwight...
I think that it is fair to say that many, particularly on what is called the American “Left” don’t really understand what fascism is. In fairness, now that I think about it, the same could probably be said...
There is no place in government, with the exception of the military, where supposed “conservatives” more exploit taxpayer funded welfare than in the Ag Department programs. It is ridiculous. Food, like anything, should be subject to the market and fluctuations...
Drugs are supposed to be an issue left to the states. That is the constitutional position in our estimation. The prohibitionists had to pass an amendment to outlaw booze. Other drugs were basically declared illegal federally by an overreaching Roosevelt...
My grandmother considered FDR to be a near dictator, if not a dictator. Of course many people loved FDR. But many people loved Mussolini, Juan Peron, and Fidel Castro too.
If there was anything that turned me down the path to libertarianism as a young buck it was learning of the forced internment of Japanese-American CITIZENS in camps under FDR. It is such a shameful chapter in American history and...
