Friday, the RNC passed a packet of sweeping rule amendments. There were 9 votes against. All other committee members’ votes went in favor of the rule changes, as the votes in opposition were subtracted from the entire number of committee members in order to calculate the affirmative vote total. From witness accounts, the opposition votes […]
This is crazy. In order to keep increasing “economic growth,” China has been building massive cities. But these cities are deserted. “Glaring evidence that this consumer culture has been grossly overestimated.”
Americans have never had less economic freedom than they do right now. The 2014 Index of Economic Freedom has just been released, and it turns out that the level of economic freedom in the United States has now fallen for seven consecutive years. But of course none of us need a report or a survey […]
Sometimes the best way to make very complicated things, such as the US federal budget, more comprehensible is to try to compare it to something you might be more comfortable with such as ‘spending per capita’. Or more precisely: ‘How much is being spent for every man, woman and child in America today?’ Note this […]
The anecdote goes, 99% of lawyers make the other 1% look bad. There is a reason for the anecdote and a local story points it out. Most of us are aware of the problems Target has had with hackers. Seventy and up to 100 million people have had their account information taken. Target has done much […]
The Republican National Committee will meet in DC this week to hold what is likely to be the final vote on amending the rules governing the 2016 election process, a subject that has been at the forefront of debate at each RNC meeting over the past year. The RNC Rules Subcommittee, a 17-member group which […]
Possibly the most powerful, and dangerous, euphemism in politics today is “progressive.” This writer has many cherished progressive friends. He considers them beautiful… but, often, misguided. Yet perhaps they are more “guided” than he has supposed. Perhaps progressives, many of them, are precision guided. A pattern is emerging. That pattern is to assert government control […]
Imagine a scenario where the Federal government decides there’s a service so worthwhile everyone in the country should have it. In consultation with industry, the Feds develop regulations to make universal service a reality. The result is a complex piece of legislation that, in addition to universality, has two major outcomes. First, the industry is […]
This just in from the Department of Government Redundancy and Time Wasting. The following press release was published by Thom Tillis and Phil Berger on Monday: RALEIGH, N.C. –House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Mecklenburg) and Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) announced today the formation of a Joint Legislative Study Committee to investigate the impacts of the Affordable […]
Back in the 1980’s, Republicans led by President Ronald Reagan were accused of wanting women to ‘stay at home’; ‘cook and clean’ and ‘stay barefoot and pregnant’. Keep the traditional single income-earning family intact and all that. Essentially they were accused of being against ‘women’s rights’ because they were against constitutional amendments such as the […]
