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Tulsi Gabbard Speech on women screen grab

Individual Rights and God-Given Freedoms

Tulsi Gabbard isn’t great on every issue, but she was better than most Democrats on a lot of issues (and more than a few Republicans) and has since left that Klan Bake to take up many a cause on the center-right.

Think statue in miniature Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash

Imagine, if you will…

Imagine, if you will, a government funded by user fees instead of by taxes. Are you being defended? The defense department can send you a bill for that. Is Congress doing something for you? It can send you a bill for that.

DNA Puzzle Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay

My DNA is my Permit

I used to be on the fence about the idea of ‘intellectual property rights’ until, by chance, I heard a comment from one of the leaders of the Swedish Pirate Party:  You know that something can’t be a right if it expires.

convoy truckers canadian flag original Photo by Dillon Kydd on Unsplash

License to Tyrannize

In case you haven’t yet grasped just how insidious the idea of occupational licensing really is, here’s a reminder from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to the truckers in the Freedom Convoy: