President Obama criticized Congressional Republicans on Saturday for refusing to support yet another debt being loaded onto future generations of Americans. The President whined “If this obstruction continues, unemployed Americans will see their benefits stop. Teachers and firefighters will lose their jobs.” Yes, Mr. President. That’s what happens when overwhelming bureaucracy and debt strangle...

Drive To Work With Cato

If you’re one of the minority of Americans who has a job and drives to work every day, I have a suggestion that could make better use of your drive time. The folks from the Cato Institute are now putting together daily podcasts to which you can download and listen. They also share podcasts...

February 20th, 2010 | Economics, Politics | Read More

Too Late to Apologize

This may be the strangest thing I’ve ever seen on the Internet. While Americans are starting to whisper furtively about the next revolution, the folks at Soomo Publishing came up with the bizarre idea to create a music video to promote the last revolution. Too Late To Apologize: The Declaration...

February 20th, 2010 | Humor | Read More

Joe Stack’s Suicide Note

I’m reading through the suicide note left by Joe Stack, the pilot who just flew his Piper Cherokee into the IRS building in Austin. A lot of people are interested, so I thought I would post it here: If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?”...

February 18th, 2010 | Politics | Read More

The Happy Warrior

I awoke early today and the quiet of the morning leads me to introspection. I think of what is good in life and it seems to me that there is nothing better in life than to be a happy warrior; to move from struggle to struggle with a smile on your face and a gleam in your eye. Many of us could, if we...

February 18th, 2010 | Uncategorized | Read More

Who Can Amend the Constitution?

According to the original U.S. Constitution, the Constitution can only be amended when the change is “ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof.” Apparently that part of the Constitution doesn’t apply in Massachusetts. Greg...

February 17th, 2010 | Gun Rights, Politics | Read More

Freedom of Speech Under Attack in The Netherlands

As a one-time resident of the Netherlands, a headline like “Freedom of Speech Under Attack in The Netherlands” feels quite odd to me. The people of the Netherlands, the Dutch, are a fantastic study in human decency. In all of my travels, I have never encountered a nation of people more...

February 17th, 2010 | Freedom of Speech, Politics, Religion | Read More

The Democratic Peace

Many Americans, on both the left and the right, are questioning the value of democracy. The left opposed America’s attempts to export democracy to Afghanistan and Iraq. The right looks at the election of Barack Obama and wonders if perhaps American voters are no longer capable of making informed...

February 17th, 2010 | Politics | Read More