“As I look at America today, I am not afraid to say that I am afraid.”—Former presidential advisor Bertram Gross As history teaches us, if the people have little or no knowledge of the basics of government and their rights, those who wield governmental power inevitably wield it excessively. After al…”
Source: Seven Principles for Free Government
“WASHINGTON — What happens if America wakes up on Nov. 9 to another undecided, hotly disputed presidential election? What if the outcome turns on the razor-thin margin in one or two states, one…”
Source: Election’s nightmare scenario: Dispute goes to 8-member Supreme Court
“That anti-Donald Trump movie recently released by Michael Moore might have got him prosecuted by the FEC if not for the Citizens United decision, says a Cato Institute scholar.”
Since it’s midterm time let me give each candidate a letter grade for last night’s debate performance. Donald gets a B- and Hillary gets her usual F, for her collectivist ideology, trickle-down economics, and continued warmongering.
Donald missed several opportunities to hit a grand slam for the night, which would’ve turned his performance into an A+. Let me explain.
Yes America, the Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 decision to uphold Obamacare. The Court ruled that the federal government can force you to purchase something you may not want and compel you to pay a penalty (the Obama administration’s argument) if you don’t and still be constitutional because it is a tax (the SCOTUS rationale).
How did it get this far? Even a naturalized citizen like me and tens of millions of others who took an oath to uphold the Constitution can clearly see that the United States is no longer a constitutional republic with limited powers. Article I Section 8, which enumerates the federal government’s powers, has been ignored by Congress and the Supreme Court for nearly two centuries. Congress has passed laws that presidents from both major parties have signed that egregiously expanded federal power.
The City of San Francisco (where else?) will have an initiative on the ballot in November banning circumcisions on males under 18 years of age. Male circumcision has been a religious ritual for thousand of years among Jews. Muslims also practice circumcision. According to one of the initiative’s supporters, “It’s excruciatingly painful and permanently damaging surgery that’s forced on men when they’re at their weakest and most vulnerable.”