Every law put forward by the government that dictates the behavior of citizens adds another situation where police must confront citizens and enforce the law.
A One-Two Punch Has Made American Carnage All Too Real
Political movements on both sides of the aisle have placed narrative over common sense and severely wounded the economic outlook of inner-city African Americans for years to come.
Perfect Bedrock – Part 3 (Legislating Morality)
The conservative recognizes God’s law as the foundation for all good things, but also understands humanity’s imperfect nature would corrupt any attempt to build heaven on earth as a government project.
Civil Rights and Patriotism, or, Walking and Chewing gum
Anyone who tells you we have to hate America to demonstrate that Black Lives Matter is betraying the cause they purport to believe in.
The Marginal Drift of the Republican Party
While many members of the GOP still see themselves as conservative, the party’s tone and direction has severely drifted into the realm of populist nationalism as it has been willing to abandon core traditional tenets of conservative orthodoxy.
Anatomy of a Mass Killing | Seven Factors
Seven factors that compose the anatomy of a mass killing, including ideas to prevent and counteract the horrible plans and actions of mass killers and mass shooters.
Oh, You Want That Kind Of Peace
Nationalists want to play the “compromise” game, where everyone else does the compromising.
Link: Experience, The Oracle of Truth
Often, Americans speak of the US Constitution as if it is the fountain from which political truth originates. Even those who fight stridently for constitutional orthodoxy sometimes forget that the US Constitution and the rest of America’s founding documents were just as much a climax of political thought as they were a beginning.
Avatars of Our Anxieties
Populism is often based on fear and propels demagogues who embody that fear into power.
Perfect Bedrock – Part 2 (Where Does Order Come From?)
Can the parameters of good order be deduced through reason alone? If not, to what source of authority can society turn to?