America attracted many of the brightest and strongest people from around the world. It did so by offering the opportunity to better their lives through merit and effort. They came to change their future by finding something they could provide society and then bringing it to market. They didn’t need wealth, just an idea, a few nickels, and sweat equity. All these people needed was to scrape together a few nickels to build their first …
Our nation was created as a constitutional republic with democratic elections. It is not a “Democracy” like the Marxist liberals contend. Pure democracy is nothing but mob rule. Such a society will always devolve into tribalism, whereby one group rules over another. The ruling class can act with impunity, while the subjugated class will be punished for any transgression (real or perceived) against a ruling class member. Before the creation of the United States Constitution, all countries …
Since freedom requires a government that is afraid of the people, government employees should fear repercussions if they fail in their duty. Any government employee should know they face dishonorable discharge in case of a breach of trust or failure through corruption or incompetence. Should a government employee (whether elected or hired) be dishonorably discharged for incompetence, corruption, or betrayal of the public trust, they should lose all and any retirement accounts and never receive …
There is a simple reason why Democrats have no credibility when calling for gun control. It can be boiled down to a simple truth. When Democrats don’t get what they want (regardless of the law), they call for violence in the streets. The nation saw the Democrat riots of 2020. Before the riots, Democrat leaders “dog whistled” to their base about how they expect “violence in the streets” if Derek Chauvin is acquitted of murder …
Life, liberty, and property are the foundation of Western law. Frederic Bastiat wrote extensively about how the law exists because of rights, rights don’t exist because of law. Because rights are violated by immoral actors, we create laws to lay out the recourse due to the victim and punishments for the violator. Our constitution, in its original form, was designed to protect life, liberty, and property but has been perverted to empower government over the …