Tag: constitution
Dear Congressman Waxman…
October 2nd, 2011, No Comments
Tonight I sent an email to Congressman Henry Waxman, who was instrumental in obtaining the passage of the “No Fear Act“, promising government employees that they cannot be subjected to reprisals when reporting legal and/or ethical violations by fellow employees and superiors in their workplaces. This was important landmark legislation since reprisals are a well [...]
Redefining Capitalism- No Need!
April 22nd, 2011, No Comments
Paul Krugman’s column today is precisely the answer to our dogmatic allegiance to the word, “Capitalism”. When George W. Bush referred to us all as consumers, rather than citizens, it communicated the concept that our status had changed as residents. In addition, every single product and service in existence was somehow a commodity for purchase [...]
Libya
April 3rd, 2011, No Comments
Nicholas Kristof always manages to raise our hopes for a future without oppression even as he details life at its worst for people (often women) around the world. In his latest column, he reminds us that the horrors of war are solely justifiable in the effort to preserve life. How can we condemn or ignore [...]
Health Care Has Conscientious Objectors. Well, Obama Just Drafted Them!
March 2nd, 2011, No Comments
The NY Times sports this editorial in today’s paper entitled, “Mr. Obama’s Health Care Challenge“. The President, a socialist to the ‘Far Right’ and an appeasement president as far as ‘The Left’ is concerned, threw out a reasonable offer to the rabid dogs hellbent upon denying Americans health care. This is problematic in principle since [...]
Voting Booths are Not Houses of Worship
January 9th, 2011, 1 Comment
Charles Blow of the NY Times wrote a column about religious affiliation being a requirement for those aspiring to hold political office. His research spoke to the fact that huge numbers of Americans are ‘unaffiliated’ with any religious organization, regardless of their theology. Mr. Blow admirably points out the unfairness of the unaffiliated being forced [...]
Fixing America Ltd.; How is it Supposed to Work?
November 25th, 2010, 2 Comments
The recent conviction of terrorist Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani proved that citizens can effectively implement justice in a system intended to be managed by civilians, preventing the military from ever taking supremacy over a government, “…of the people, by the people, for the people.”. The question remains why this normal judicial process was so long delayed. [...]
All I want is Czechoslovakia – Appeasement Politics in the U.S.
November 19th, 2010, 6 Comments
Ezra Klein’s article in today’s Washington Post is a prime example of how easily we can mistake the dirty pool of politics for government policy. While earmarks are being banned (in a non-binding sort of way), we are ignoring the fact that every single item on the US legislative agenda is automatically turned into an [...]
Speaking of Legal Matters, Where Have All the Judges Gone?
September 6th, 2010, No Comments
An AP article by Mark Sherman shows us how our judicial system is being held hostage by Senators with subversive (as opposed to ideologically based) legislative agendas. Sherman notes that just over one hundred judgeships remain unfilled, with about half of those dockets sufficiently backlogged to be deemed ‘emergencies’. As long as a Democrat is [...]
The Morality of Litigation – Part I
August 7th, 2010, No Comments
Forgetting the Principles The United States of America is not a democracy. Hopefully, this statement won’t shock the average reader in this age of information. Our country operates as a ‘Republic’, meaning that we elect people to make decisions for us instead of voting directly to create the laws by which we live. We use [...]
