The Roadmap to Overreach: Madison’s Prophetic Warning
If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare, and are the sole and supreme judges of the general welfare, they may justify any action at all under that aegis.
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Operant Conditioning and Conditional Expectations
This post looks at expectation management and how it relates to and reinforces the darker aspects of operant conditioning.
Tom Uryga: A Local View of the Kroger/Safeway Merger
Kroger Corp. is merging with Safeway/Albertsons, (which includes numerous other brands nationwide). The total merger represents 20% of the US grocery market.
How to Destroy a Superpower: A Step-by-Step Guide
Here is a step-by-step guide to destroying a superpower. Some of these may look familiar as they are now extant.
Freon Fiasco: How Environmental Regulations Made Staying Cool a Luxury
Over the past 30 years, the price of air conditioning refrigerants has skyrocketed, rising faster than precious metals like silver and gold.
We Have Reached an Economic Crisis Point
Nobody knows if or when a climate apocalypse will arrive. But an economic collapse is a certainty given our current practices … and it’s just around the corner.
Trump Court Rolls On
On Friday, Chief Justice John Roberts knocked out the deep state by eliminating the bureaucracy’s ability to buffalo judges into agreeing to its interpretation of the law, rather than allow the judges to interpret the law as the Constitution requires.
Bob Good Can Be Great
Conservativism is based on principles. Republicanism is about power. For Conservatives, the Republican Party is the means to power. Hard stop.
The Erosion of Privacy: Government Surveillance-the 4th Amendment is DOA
In recent years, concerns about government surveillance and privacy violations have intensified, raising questions about the protection of individual rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment.
Justices May Shrink the Bureaucracy
When Harry Browne said, “I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution,” he spoke for every single patriot in the country alive today — and all of the dead ones.
The US Army’s Recruiting Game: Balancing Strategy and Ethics, By Barb Dwyer
The revelation of data collection practices in America’s Army sparked a public outcry and led to investigations into the Army’s recruiting tactics.
When Will Our Junkies In DC Hit Rock Bottom?
Why do otherwise intelligent people – such as our elected “public servants” – behave so irrationally once they take up residence in Washington D.C.?
The Historical Context of Army Installations Named After Confederate Generals
The renaming of Army installations named after Confederate generals has ignited passionate debates about the interpretation of historical figures and their legacies.
Trump Has a Republican Problem
The public wants a winner. FJB and Republican senators are losers Philip Bump of the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post reported, “Why Biden is underperforming Democratic Senate candidates.” Of course he got the story bass-ackwards. He wouldn’t be at the Bezos Post if he got the story right. Biden isn’t underperforming. Republican senators and congressmen are. …
Clarence Thomas Just Got Something Huge – Hugely Wrong
A longtime friend long ago observed that when Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas disagreed – Thomas was correct.
The Divided States of Amerika: A Satirical Spectacle
In this land of polarized perspectives, political discourse has devolved into a circus act, complete with clowns, acrobatics, and a healthy dose of absurdity.
Examining Federal Spending: Illegal Immigrants vs. Homeless Veterans
Abraham Lincoln said it best when describing debt owed to veterans: To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.
Repeal the 16th Amendment!
It’s time to repeal the 16th Amendment and it’s direct taxation of American Citizens. It’s time to once again place state governments between their citizens and the Federal leviathan.
Illegal immigration has various impacts on all nations.
illegal immigration is a double-edged sword. There are advantages and disadvantages.
Barb Dwyer: Upholding Privacy and Freedom in America-Defund the Rogue BATFE
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) has morphed into a rogue agency that tramples on Americans’ rights and undermines the very principles of privacy and freedom.