Dan Itse, Author at Granite Grok

Dan Itse

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A Tale of Two Shootings

The week of May 22, 2022, there were two mass firearm assaults. One in Uvalde, Texas I am sure you are all aware of – 19 children and 2 adults dead. The second, Charleston, West Virginia, you would probably never have heard of except for this editorial.

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Observation from a Sojourner

Having been unable to afford housing in New Hampshire this fall, Lisa and I have left the campground for a warmer climate.  We will be spending some part of the winter, fewer trips home for holidays, in South Carolina.  This required us to hitch our camper to my truck and travel south.

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Congressional Hearing?

I was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for 18 years (I hope to return again). Granted the New Hampshire Legislature is a unique environment. Its rules of conduct of the members are exceptional. It is the only Legislature I know of in the United States of America (and as far as …

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John Locke

Chapter 10 of the forms of a Common-wealth

Locke begins by defining the three fundamental forms of government. When men first unite into a society, they have all the power of the community naturally in themselves.

John Locke

“Of the beginning of Civil Society” – Part 3

Further treating the idea of consent, he describes consent. A child of an English man and woman born in France is subject to neither the king of England nor the king of France, except as much as they subject to the law of the land.