Category Archives: Politics
With Super Tuesday Upon Us, Here’s What We’re Looking At From Now Till November
Super Tuesday is here – the first major milestone in the Democratic primaries that will set the tone for the rest of the 2020 election. Believe it or not, all of the primaries up till this point have amounted to just 4% of pledged delegates in the race. Super Tuesday, on the other hand, will see 34% of the overall delegates awarded.
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Five Things to Watch on Super Tuesday in Texas
There is a lot to monitor when the results come in Tuesday on primary election night. Here are five of the biggest things.
Read moreHillary Clinton Ordered To Give Sworn Deposition After Judge Tosses ‘Preposterous’ Defense
Hillary Clinton has been ordered to give a sworn deposition to Judicial Watch regarding her emails and documents related to the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya while she was Secretary of State.
Read moreState Sen. Kirk Watson to retire from Texas Senate
Watson is leaving office to become the first dean of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. Watson’s early departure will set off a special election to serve the rest of the term, which will end in 2023.
Read morePAC Funded by Bezos, Bloomberg Entering Texas Congressional Races
A review of With Honor PAC’s board and financiers includes billionaire Democrats Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, along with anti-Trump Republican allies.
Read moreCalculating The Californication Of America
Beset by high housing costs, crippling taxes, astronomical gas prices, wildfires, and rolling blackouts, Californians are heading for the exits. That’s sparking anxiety in places where these Golden State migrants are relocating. Much of this anxiety revolves around fears that the migrants will transform the politics and culture of the places that they’re moving to—bringing an appetite for big, intrusive government. But a new survey suggests that, while plenty of people are looking to leave California, many are fleeing the state’s high costs and politics and may not be interested in voting for the same things in their new homes.
Read moreMichael Bloomberg’s Claim About ‘Children’ Killed by ‘Gun Violence’ Is Off by 73%
Such inflammatory exaggeration seems designed to avoid a substantive discussion of the presidential candidate’s gun control proposals.
Read moreBipartisan Support for New Federal Gun Controls Is a Red Flag
Is more gun control legislation coming to Congress? Red flag laws might just be the “come together” moment establishment politicians have been looking for.
Read moreVirginia Is Only the Beginning
Despite smears and scare tactics from the Virginia law enforcement and the corporate press, thousands of protestors have landed in the capital of Old Dominion in response to an anti-gun agenda being pushed by the new solid-blue state government. While large protests aren’t particularly unique in American politics, this particular event has captured the media’s imaginations in no small part […]
Read moreEconomics: The “Other Side” of Politics
The realm of politics is to coordinate solutions beyond what decentralized actors and organizations can themselves achieve. This is done through the power of the state (coercion). Thus, the scope and use of politics as a means is strictly limited to where it is the better solution for society and its constituents. This means that the boundary of the proper use of politics […]
Read moreMeet the Spendthrifts
Meet the Spendthrifts; an American family who spends a lot more money than it earns each year. Last year, the Spendthrifts made just over $34,000 but spent more than $44,000. Nearly $10,000 of their spending came from borrowing—they put the excess spending on their credit cards. The problem is that their credit card debt was over $215,000 at the start of the year, bringing it to over $227,000 at year-end. Oh, and they weren’t making any monthly credit card payments. But the Spendthrifts are not an actual family. Rather, they represent the federal government, just add nine more zeroes to all the above numbers and you end up with the federal budget and debt as of September 28, 2019.
Read moreWhy “One Man, One Vote” Doesn’t Work
The US Senate is increasingly targeted by left-wing think tanks and legislators for the fact it is based on “voter inequality.” According to critics, the Senate ensures small states are “overrepresented,”and the body favors voters in smaller and more sparsely populated states. In contrast, reformers hold up the concept of “one man, one vote” as an ideal and a solution. But, is it?
Read moreHere’s Why 97% Of Congress Get Re-Elected Each Year
How is 97 percent of Congress able to get re-elected each year even though only 17 percent of the American people believe our representatives are doing a good job?
Read moreOn Constitution Day, Don’t Forget Jury Rights
We celebrate Constitution Day on September 17 but, let’s reflect on the significance of jury rights and the role they play in the defense of liberty.
Read moreWhat Do We Mean By “States’ Rights?”
It’s true…states don’t have rights. So, what do we mean by that term?
Read moreCan Americans Resist the Siren Song of “Free” Stuff?
As consumers, people are skeptical. We know that everyone selling anything is probably telling a lie of some kind, or at least stretching the truth to its legal limit. But as voters, our healthy skepticism seems to go right out the window. When politicians promise all sorts of “free” things, it doesn’t occur to many of us that those things can’t possibly be free. It doesn’t occur to us that, like businesses seeking our dollars, politicians will tell us whatever it takes to get hold of our votes.
Read moreGun Grabbers Admit Feds Can’t Enforce Laws Without State and Local Support
If a federal gun law is on the books, why are gun lobbyists pushing for a state law? Because the federal government needs state and local support to enforce gun laws and the anti-gun lobby knows it.
Read moreBlind Partisanship is Toxic
Partisanship is one of the illnesses plaguing the U.S. body politic. We see this every election cycle as millions of voters cast straight-ticket ballots for candidates just because of the capital letter before their name. Voting records will be ignored. Rationalizations and excuses will be made. Bromides on how we must accept the “lesser of two evils” will be shoved down our throats. Lather, rinse, repeat.
Read moreDecentralization Is The Solution To The Government Shutdown Problem
The partial shutdown with the federal government has helped, perhaps more than any other recent political event, to illustrate some of the biggest problems that come with centralizing an ever-larger number of government activities within a single, centralized institution.
Read moreThe Constitutionality of A Presidential State of Emergency
When people ask questions like “Can the president do…?” “Can the House, Senate, or Supreme Court do…?” the first sources that must be consulted are the Constitution and the people who drafted it. If the Constitution provides no authority for the activity, then the power does not Constitutionally reside in the hands the federal government. So more to the root of the question being asked, “Does the Constitution enumerate a power to the President to declare a state of emergency?”
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