Misunderstanding the Preamble to the Constitution

It seems to me that after years and years of government-run education, people in this country just can't understand that everything - in some way - in the Constitution, was meant as a way to limit government...

18th Century Definitions: General Welfare

While looking through a copy of Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of the English Language" (published in 1755), one can find a number of interesting definitions that have broad-reaching effects on public policy. Here's two that are quite relevant these days: ...

The real birther argument : far from the crank theorists

A blogger with philosophical and Constitutional knowledge and astuteness   -  and who claims he views the Birthers as loons and crank conspiracy theorists  -   finds the true argument they...

JUSTICE FOR SALE vs. DEEP US GOVERNMENT & TURKISH CONNECTIONS

THE STORY...   BEHIND THE STORY... I am not Journalist, I am a victim of theft. I am here by necessity, fighting forces much larger than us. Before we were aware of what Sibel Edmonds was doing... We have been...

THE LARGEST ESPIONAGE, BRIBERY & POLITICAL SCANDAL IN US HISTORY

          A long tale of  massive  corruption that has been hidden throughout the  eight years of the  Bush administration is finally surfacing.    After...

Gay Democratic donors boycotting DNC fundraiser

Obama's broken promise has Gay Democratic donors boycotting a Democratic National Committee fundraiser to be held next Thursday, June 25th, because they are outraged by President Obama's legal brief filed last week...

Author's update of "Wasting taxpayer funds" by Arnie Sherr

April 11, 2008 To Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America and all other entities that have accepted tax payer funds: At last April’s (2008) Senate oversight hearing Ken Lewis said, "I get it, and I'll make sure Bank of America get's it!" Mr. Lewis, I am not sure that you...

Parental Rights Amendment Introduced Into Congress

Update: 7:41 pm EDT Photos and video coverage of the Parents' Rights Constitutional Amendment Conference are now available at Representative Pete Hoekstra's website, here and here.--- Update: 5:29 pm EDT I...

My Interview with a Civil War Re-Enactor - Part I

Chattel slavery had become an entrenched part of society in the United States of America, codified in law, with enslaved Africans first appearing on the continent over two hundred years before the...

The President's House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

On January 23, 2009, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, also chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), urged the board's approval of the use of $3.5 million from the DRPA for the President's House...

Obama's Litmus Test for Change

By NowPublic Contributor E. LizardoAnn Arbor, January 30, 2009, 1:29 PM EST"Foreign policy debate is usually focused on cause and effect. That is to say, which behaviors has the policy been designed to modify ? Foreign policy, viewed in this light, then boils down to one of...

DOMA: A National Day of Action

Author of the Defense of Marriage Act, former Liberatarian party presidential hopeful Bob Barr, published an opinion in the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Barr concluded: " In 2006 when then-Senator Obama voted against...

Killing Children In The Name of Justice

OPINION PIECE:Disclosure: I'd like to say up front that I have moral and religious issues against the death penalty. To me, it's not our decision whether or not to kill people - that is purely the domain of one's...

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