Citizen Responsibility

There are widely varying views of the responibility of leaders in the proper formation of government.  Plato believed in the philosopher king while his student Aristotle believed in the rule of law and the proper formation of a constitution consisting of the laws, traditions, and habits that together form the nature of a country.

OPINION: An Evening Crash and a Valuable Lesson

https://www.loc.gov/resource/highsm.16232/

Last Wednesday evening, January 29, a terrible mid-air collision occurred at Reagan National Airport, as a small regional jet and a military helicopter collided upon approach, presumably killing all passengers and crew aboard both. It is, of course, a horrific tragedy for all involved, and for their friends and relatives, now devastated by this unexpected …

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Tax Dollars Chasing a Fantasy

In an attempt to shame and insult the people who were revealing unsavory stories about Bill Clinton a generation ago, Democrat campaign consultant James Carville famously said “Drag a hundred dollar bill through a trailer park, you never know what you’ll find.” Charming, isn’t it, learning how the Democrats really feel about the American public. …

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