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Relevance: 33% Posted on: July 10, 2009
We are so shocked by the skyrocketing spending and taxes at the federal level — and by mammoth expansion of government control of our lives being attempted at the federal level — and by the nonstop huffing hubris of federally fumbling politicians eager to solve problems caused by past policy…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: August 16, 1999
In a democratic republic, we control our government largely by voting. That's why it's a so sad to see the low voter turnout in so many elections. Is there a way to fix this? Some people argue we should slap fines on people who fail to vote or even throw…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: September 4, 2001
Do term limits help? I mean, do they really, really help our political leaders behave in a more responsible manner? Well, my goodness they would have to, at least insofar as they show the door to the most corrupt careerists and make way for new people, more idealistic people. If…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: June 24, 2010
What do you do when your town’s politics has been bitter and internecine for years, when your police force is best known for hiring disgraced cops from other departments, and when your town budget is nearly half a million bucks in the red? Give up. Well, not quite. The town…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: August 31, 2011
Our country is divided politically — or so we hear — right from left, liberal from conservative, progressive from libertarian. Nothing new. Yet, don’t we all agree on the main points? Certain truths remain self-evident: Government must have the consent of the governed. ‘We, the People’ are the boss. Our…
Relevance: 33% Posted on: April 23, 2001
Gosh, it's tough having to run for office without already being a permanently entrenched incumbent who can just snap his fingers and instantly command vast resources and firepower. These out-of-work career politicians really have my sympathy. Consider, for example, the plight of former California Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa. He's running…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: April 18, 2008
Do citizen initiative rights give voters or give special interests "too much" power to pass bad laws? Sure, bad initiatives sometimes pass. But as Eric Dixon points out at the Show-Me Institute blog, our intermittently esteemed representatives do not religiously avoid passing bad bills. Lawmakers enact lousy laws galore. Dixon…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: July 30, 2023
July 30, 1419, the First Defenestration of Prague: Jan Želivský, a Hussite priest at the church of the Virgin Mary of the Snows, led his congregation on a procession through the streets of Prague to the New Town Hall, on Charles Square. While they were marching, a stone was thrown…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: March 31, 2010
Hurray for John Smelser! After five months of unfailing footwork, in late February, the 67-year-old celebrated his 5,500th signature for a petition to limit the terms of council members in Menifee, California. That’s over 2,000 more than the 3,382 he needed to qualify the measure for the ballot. But he…
Relevance: 32% Posted on: July 8, 2018
This weekend’s Townhall foray is, yes, an expansion of Tuesday’s Common Sense, “Freedom Weaponized,” but is perhaps more shareable, because it gets a bit deeper. Check it out. Share it. Then come back here for the R&D: New York Times: “How Conservatives Weaponized the First Amendment” United States Supreme Court:…