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Never Trust a Politician
One of my more persistent critics on this site asked, last week, why I might believe anything the current president says — considering all the lies. For reasons of decorum I won’t repeat his exact...
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Strange It Is
Strange for the Arlington, Texas, City Council to hold a meeting on a Sunday evening, much less one to “consider suspending the city charter.” That is how the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported “the...
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THRO
What can one person do? I wish Jack Gargan were here to answer that question — I can almost hear his characteristic chuckle, see the glint in his Irish eyes, in preparation. But sadly, Jack passed away...
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The Seinfeld Referendum
There is an unmistakable connection between Washington State initiative guru Tim Eyman and New York City comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Mr. Seinfeld gave viewers what they wanted for nine seasons as the star...
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Clown Car of Felonies
“It’s overkill of epic proportions,” John Kass writes in the Chicago Tribune, “like using a sledgehammer to kill a gnat, or firing off a nuclear weapon to kill a sparrow.” In three columns, Kass tells...
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Who Works For Whom?
On the difference between citizen control and a cheap imitation. . . Rob Port likes something I do not: North Dakota’s Senate Concurrent Resolution 4001. I have previously applauded Port in this...
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Evergreen State Blues
One of the things many people no longer understand about these United States is its — their — peculiar genius: decentralism. The extreme of this is that contentious notion of state nullification of...
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Insiders Strike Back
It costs time, not money. Ron Calzone and others read and consider legislation on their own dime. Calzone’s all-volunteer Missouri First group, which analyzes legislation filed in Jefferson City from...
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Deep Show-Me State
Worried about the Deep State undermining democracy in Washington? What about the Deep State in Missouri? Today, Ron Calzone will sit in a St. Louis courtroom with his wife, Anne, intently listening to...
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Bring the Bozos Home
“Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) announced Sunday he has covid-19,” The Washington Post reports, “and four other GOP senators are quarantined. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) disclosed Monday that her husband,...
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Sans Champion, Again?
For a moment there — a few weeks — a comparatively youthful candidate with a gentle, conscientious and respectful temperament seemed poised to challenge the major parties’ sausage-twisting...
View ArticleCancel Freedom?
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s message “couldn’t be simpler,” he offered last week: “It’s time to cancel everything.” Gee whiz, that is simple. The mayor’s order “prohibits public and private...
View ArticleTerm Limits Trek
Izzy Israel lost his job. He had been working in Nashville’s music industry, but the coronavirus pandemic upset those plans. In the induced depression of the pandemic lockdowns, he decided to try to...
View ArticleBalking in Baltimore
So far, the besieged businessmen of the Fells Point area of Baltimore are only threatening to withhold payments of taxes and fees to the city. If and when they follow through, the plan is to place the...
View ArticlePolitical Intimidation Unmasked
Last week, Illinois state regulators threatened Dr. Jeremy Henrichs with “personal and professional consequences,” specifically loss of his medical license, if he continued to oppose mandatory...
View ArticleCharges Dropped
The best part of the story — not counting Shannon Joy’s pluck and defiance — is how promptly the prosecutor dropped the bogus charges of “criminal trespass” against her. The Rochester mom and radio...
View ArticleIntrusive, Improper, Offensive
The In-N-Out Burger restaurant won’t kick out customers who fail to display a “vaccine passport” proving they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19. In-N-Out has restaurants in California and the...
View ArticleThe Next-Worst Thing
New Yorkers can breathe easier now — they’re finally rid of the repellent Mayor Bill de Blasio. But — uh oh — the new mayor, Eric Adams, may be another worm to keep that bitter taste dominant in the...
View ArticleFreedom in Granite
“In the past two years,” the Cato Institute announced last January, “Governor [Chris] Sununu and the State of New Hampshire have topped Cato’s rankings for both our Fiscal Policy Report Card on...
View ArticleTyranny Averted?
Parents United Rhode Island has apparently fended off a vaccination mandate in their state. Mike Stenhouse explains how this coalition leapt into action against a legislative effort to impose...
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