Posts from — August 2010

Mark Levin's Liberty and Tyranny does more than chronicle failures of statist policies. It is a conservative action plan for turning things around - if it's not too late.   Read the rest of this entry »

The Federalist Papers are a primer for understanding the Constitution and the remarkable men whose wisdom and foresight made the American experiment a reality. However, reading the Federalist Papers can be somewhat daunting. In an effort to expand my own comprehension and encourage others, I decided to share my efforts to distill 18th century context, vocabulary, and prose in 21st Century terms.   Read the rest of this entry »

In spite of the Founders' best efforts to create a republic where the evils of faction could not prevail, today the powers of faction hold sway. Congress is growing progressively more and more factious as is evidenced by "deeming" to spend as much as they like without being accountable to actual budget.   Read the rest of this entry »

California Democrat representative Pete Stark admits his view that the power of the federal government is essentially unlimited.   Read the rest of this entry »

Our Patrick Henry Moment Is Here.   Monty Pelerin eloquently sums up the current state of affairs and offers this stark observation about President Obama:

This country’s first socialist president strode into office confident that he would remake this

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In yet another assault on the separation of powers, the Obama administration is looking for ways to circumvent Congress again. The USCIS is conducting in-depth discussions on extending "benefits and/or protections" to illegal aliens by "exercising discretion with regard to parole-in-place, deferred action and the issuance of Notices to Appear".   Read the rest of this entry »