Dwight David Eisenhower was a supremely exceptional American. After serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War II, the Draft Eisenhower movement resulted in Ike serving two terms as a Republican President (1954-1960). On his way out the door in 1961, Eisenhower gave his famous Military-Industrial-Complex speech. In which…
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, in New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann (1932), wrote: “(A) single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” The Justice was a Leftist. But he was tacitly defending federalism. Where…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – is yet another one of those Executive Branch joints the Legislative Branch set up to be “independent.” Which is, of course, unconstitutional. The Constitution establishes three branches of government – Executive, Legislative and Judicial. You can’t create an “independent” fourth branch – unless and until you amend our founding…
We the Reasonable – are sane Americans. Who would like to live our lives largely unfettered by stupid government – and the more ridiculous members of the nation’s citizenry. We would like to keep more of the money we earn. Rather than have it taken from us by governments – that have an endless, unbroken…
For honest conservatives and less government fans, President Donald Trump’s Administration has been a most pleasant surprise. Trump has been the most conservative chief executive since at least Calvin Coolidge. (Yes, Trump’s tenure is way more conservative than Ronald Reagan’s. Reagan did nothing about regulations. And there was no serious thought put into the choice…
There have been in our nation’s history several major migrations of Americans within America. Founding Father and third president Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase began robustly our expansion westward. Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to check out the huge midwest acquisition. But they expanded their search – all the way to the Pacific Ocean. …
There’s a line – a sentiment, actually – that governments everywhere really need to take to heart. “Don’t just do something – stand there.” Of course they won’t – because they’re governments. But it would be a lot cooler if they did. Why do we want them standing there – rather than doing something? Because…
The Donald Trump Administration inherited a LOT of accrued crap with which to deal. Our federal government was for the last half-century-plus run by a Democrat-Republican Uni-Party. Both alleged Parties spent decades paying lip service to great chasms of difference between their respective policy prescriptions. But both alleged Parties secretly agreed on just about everything.…
In this Age of Idiocy, let us revel in a moment of sanity. Unanimously delivered to us by – are you sitting down? – the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Appeals Court Throws Out Antitrust Ruling In the world of judges and Justices – this is exceedingly embarrassing: “A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court…
Yet another China Virus DC spending spree – is a terrible idea. We have more than $1 trillion in cash lying around from the last one – let’s first use up that, shall we? An even worse idea – is sneaking in completely unrelated terrible ideas. That can’t pass on their own – because they’re…
