Is the GOP really the party of small government? We’re about to find out.

So now that the GOP — the party of small government — has control of both houses, the executive council, and the governor’s office, we should be seeing government get smaller during the next two years, right?  There’s nothing standing in the way of repealing laws that fail to meet the four-pronged test that has been at the heart of the GOP platform for more than a century:

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Voting: No choice of No is no choice

As we watch the 2020 electoral farce continue to unfold, this seems like a good time to point out one of the major flaws with plurality voting in a system dominated by two parties.  Namely, it doesn’t allow people to express what they actually want, and more importantly, what they don’t want. For example, suppose … Read more

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Regression is Still Possible … Enlightenment

Black supremacy is the belief black people are inherently superior to others. From it flows the belief blacks should reign supreme. No decent person supports this idea. The same applies if we substitute white for the word black in the first two sentences of this paragraph.

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Approved for Achievement?

A school district that doesn’t offer instruction in a particular grade can tuition a student in that grade to a public school outside the district, or to a private school. In order for that to happen, the school has to be ‘approved’ by the Department of Education.

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