Our political conflict can often be boiled down to the stark differences in how Karl Marx and Thomas Jefferson viewed history and their different beliefs about the role of government in crafting the future.
Link: Federalism and Crisis Government
We must hold sacred the finely tuned checks and balances of federalism. The rights and liberties we are afforded in this country are only as strong as the form of government we have in place that protects those rights and liberties.
Medicare for All and the Pandemic
The Coronavirus Pandemic ultimately represents the biggest failure of central planning in our generation. So, doubling down on a central planning model of healthcare might just be the wrong approach.
My Thoughts On the Anti-Lockdown Protests
The right to peaceably assemble is an indispensable feature of our republic. But protesters in this time of pandemic should do so safely, reasonably, and responsibly, if not for the safety of their community and out of respect for those waging the front-line battle against COVID-19, then at least out of practical concern for the effectiveness of their efforts.
On That Donald Trump Stimulus Check Signature
In a typical sign of the times, Trump admin decisions hover around Donald Trump’s over-sized ego.
Link: Second Class Citizens?
Can a segment of America’s citizens be carved out as a separate class of people whose rights can be limited at the same time those rights are maintained by others? Judging by the desire to craft laws to further limit access to firearms for those between 18-21 years of age, many answer that question in the affirmative.
Freedom Is The Highest Principle
As we deal with crisis, we must not allow freedom and security to become mutually exclusive ideas.
How Should Conservatives React to a $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Bill?
All told, you are currently indebted over $400,000 to the government. And your liability has only increased now that Congress added another $2,200,000,000,000.00 to the national debt. How should conservatives respond to this?
The Right To Bear Arms and Regressive Progressivism
Securing and enumerating the individual right to own and bear the means of self-defense in the US Constitution was momentous and revolutionary. Infringing on that right would constitute the winding of the clock back to a time when such rights were denied by despotic and autocratic governments.