With a hat-tip to states like Wyoming and South Dakota that never “went there” in the first place, Texas Gov. Abbot announced Friday that it’s time to get back to business. Next week he has promised to issue guidelines for the state’s exit from lockdown.
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Notable Quote – Jim Buchanan
Frank Knight could never have joined those of the self-selected elite who, in idea or practice, seek to plan, steer, or direct the lives of those who are excluded. He was a classical liberal, not because he predicted that only with widespread individual liberty would desired results be generated, but because the liberal order is … Read more
What Do You Mean This Post Isn’t About the Chinese Flu?
It has become increasingly difficult to find subject matter outside the context of that thing we’re all experiencing as a planet. Yes, the Kardashians. No, the other thing. But I’ve been trying. Because all (that thing) and no play makes Blogger a dull boy.
Notable Quote – Richard Wagner
A word to Bruce Currie, a frequent liberal commenter here at the ‘Grok whokeeps on insisting that a marketplace can ONLY exist with Government overseeing and regulating it. So, how is it possible for democracy to conflict with liberty? Democracy is a scheme for governing human interaction. But so is liberty, which is a system … Read more
Senator Shaheen Supports Dead Babies Not Live Ones
Senator Shaheen supports dead babies not live ones, or at least her speech on the Senate floor indicates that. The U.S. Senate will vote on a pro-life bill early next week. The Senate will vote on S.311 Sen. Ben Sasse’s “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act.” The born-alive bill requires doctors to provide medical care to any … Read more
What is Local Control?
Time and time again when legislation comes up we hear the “local control” argument. More often than not, it’s when the state or federal government propose legislation that infringes on freedom and limits opportunity. Sometimes, it happens when the state or federal government proposes legislation that increases liberty and freedom, and expands opportunity. In case … Read more
Taken Care of or Do We Want Liberty
Do most of us want to be taken care of or do we want liberty? Most of us have an exaggerated and idealized picture of the past. We long for a return to times gone by. The reason isn’t because food was more plentiful or better quality. It isn’t because we were more free. There … Read more
Martin Luther King Jr. – “Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech”
Martin Luther King Jr. was eminently qualified to speak to the matter of freedom. What it is not to have it. To have it suppressed. In his time, it was a matter of equality; equal rights, equal access, equal treatment. He didn’t have it, but he used the right to free speech to find it.
Notable Quote – Richard E. Wagner
Yet democracy and liberty cannot be complementary political values, at least not without significant effort at constitutional reconciliation. At base, democracy embraces the principle that majorities dominate minorities. In contrast, liberty is a principle of non-domination whereby interaction among people is governed by principles of private property and not by majority rule -Richard E. Wagner … Read more
Notable Quote – John Dickinson
We cannot be happy, without being free…we cannot be free, without being secure in our property…we cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away. [Mankind’s] welfare…can be found in liberty only, and therefore her sacred cause ought to be espoused by every man on every … Read more
We are Already in the Midst of the Third “World War” – If You Want to Win “Be Trump”
The War to End All Wars did not end wars. Nor did World War II. But ever since the second, the idea of a third has loomed large in the culture, entertainment, and political rhetoric. I’m here to tell you; we’re not just already there, we are losing.
The Republican Party Doesn’t Have a Brand Problem – It has a Messaging Problem
It should not be a secret. Democrats and their experts are social engineers. They use government force (higher taxes, regulation, and policy) to control your behavior. Not toward your interests or what you believe improves you or your life, but to use you to advance their priorities and state power.
A $540 million Fee Increase – By a Republican?
You know that we Groksters will call out malice on either side of the aisle when appropriate, and this time it’s a Republican who has earned the spotlight. A representative from one of the most republican districts in New Hampshire has put in two very, very, anti-liberty bills. One of those bills will create a … Read more
Children Just Won’t Know What Liberty Is…
The New York Times headline reads, November Heat Sets Record in New York, November 23rd…1931. Burlington Vermont tipped the mercury to 67 degrees on Nov 22, another record. But, But, CO2!?
Is Porn the Embodiment of the Liberal Political Agenda?
Porn addiction, like all addictions, ruin relationships. And like drug use, these are not victimless crimes. And I don’t mean crime in the legal sense. More its impact on the foundation of the culture and the nation. One built on families whose survival demands certain morals and values.
Federalism, socialism and ‘dreams of fancy’
Explaining the incredible prosperity of New England in the colonial era and early American republic, Alexis de Tocqueville noted first that the people were left largely alone by the government.
New Jersey’s Official Twitter is, well… New Jersey
New Jersey is the last, and only, state in the Country where its citizens are not allowed to pump their own gas. That’s likely one of the lowest priority problems they have, but still it begs many questions. The official Government of New Jersey Twitter account, or whoever runs it, is.. well.. Imagine living in … Read more
Free People Should Never Have to Negotiate (for their lives) from a Position of Weakness.
I’ve shared the image repeatedly because it makes the point as well as anything. I do not carry ( a firearm) to impose my will on others. I carry so they cannot impose their will on me.
Infringements – Infringements, Everywhere!
This week’s podcast can be summed up in one word. Infringements. “Constitutional infringements that is.” They are everywhere or, given the electoral environment, promised by Democrats “if elected.”
Cornerstone: Student’s Right to Religious Freedom
Cornerstone Action has a piece out this morning for parents and students to help get them ready to go back to school. It addresses your child’s right to religious freedom.