democracy

Democrats Use A Trojan Donkey To Get Inside The Gates

Just as the Greeks used the offer of a Trojan Horse to get into Troy and defeat it, so do…

8 years ago

Defining equality in the American political system

The aftermath of the 2016 election is a tale of two separate and competing definitions of equality. To those lobbying…

8 years ago

There’s Nothing Wrong With the Electoral College

America is not a democracy. To be precise, it is a nationally-federated constitutional republic. This distinction, however, has sadly been…

9 years ago

Russell’s Rules vs. Today’s Government Rule

This week, on Openculture.com, I stumbled onto a reference of a Bertrand Russell column from 1951. In the New York…

12 years ago

The US Needs to Learn About Fighting Terrorism From Norway

Sure, that probably sounds insane. How in the world could Norway know anything about fighting terrorism, right? Maybe not. With…

13 years ago

The Perils of Democracy

In America, it is nearly a ubiquitous truism that ours is a democratic nation. In popular imagination, all virtues spring…

13 years ago

Big Government Incompetence: Pew Study Shows U.S. Voter Registries Totally Corrupt

A recent Pew Study  shows the U.S. voting registry to be a massive failure, including the following facts: There are…

13 years ago

About That Democracy Plan in Egypt

Two U.S. political activists groups pushing for what is largely an undefined “democracy” in Egypt under the guise of  human…

13 years ago

Why We Should Vote

While some countries do not allow their citizens to vote, Americans are fortunate enough to have that right protected by their…

14 years ago

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14 years ago

What it Means to Me to Be an American

I found an old paper my father wrote a long time ago - May 1955 to be exact. I knew…

14 years ago

America's New Rulers

As we approach another Independence Day, I reflect on what has made this nation great and fret over the actions…

15 years ago