Does democracy mean voting for the people we choose to uphold our equal and individual rights? Or does democracy mean voting people into office to enforce rights for some while obliterating them for others? Throughout history, some of the wiser … Continue reading
Pew research polls show that on the eve of another national election, only 29 percent of Americans are happy with the direction the country is going. What direction is that? The cowardly Republicans and the lazy, narcissistic Obama have no … Continue reading
According to the New York Daily News (10/27/14), The Obama administration has resisted efforts to order isolation or quarantine for people working in West Africa. Officials say they want decisions grounded “in science” and don’t want to discourage volunteer medical … Continue reading
At a Massachusetts political rally, Hillary Clinton (likely first in line to succeed Barack Obama as President), said the following: “Don’t let anybody tell you it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs. You know, that old theory ‘trickle-down economics.’ That … Continue reading
Merging religion and state can take different forms. The most obvious is a church body or authority taking over the state (as in fundamentalist Iran). A less obvious example is when secular authorities reach into private church organizations to intimidate, … Continue reading
Former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a religious and social conservative, is threatening to leave the GOP if they don’t take a strong stand on gay marriage and other social issues. “They’re hostile to religious liberty and a lot of our … Continue reading
Leon Panetta is Barack Obama’s former CIA chief and Secretary of Defense. The Washington Post [10-6-14] reports that Panetta: … criticized Obama in harsh terms that would have been dismissed as partisan sniping — if Panetta weren’t a Democrat who … Continue reading
If you didn’t realize it sooner, you can certainly see it now: Watching the American government respond to the Ebola outbreak is an utter fiasco in progress. It’s a reminder of how we cannot actually trust the federal government to … Continue reading
The Chinese fascist Communist government is at it again. Opponents of dictatorship are protesting in Hong Kong, and the Chinese government does not like it one bit. News outlets like Time.com and CNN.com refer to the protestors as “Occupy Hong … Continue reading
A Daily Dose of Reason reader wrote to me about his 11-year-old son. He came home with a social studies project to pick the “best” one of [President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s] FDR’s four “freedoms.” I encouraged my son to choose … Continue reading
Burger King Worldwide Inc.’s deal to buy Tim Hortons and move its address to Canada will proceed, a day after the U.S. Treasury Department announced plans to crack down on corporate inversions. [Source: Bloomberg News] Have you ever heard the … Continue reading
The U.S. Senate, this past week, blocked an attempt to advance an amendment to the Constitution for the government to further restrict the funding of political campaigns. “We have had in this country a flood of very, very dark money … Continue reading