Liberty and responsibility are inseparable. If you truly want liberty, you must also want the self-responsibility it entails.

If you listen to the media, we live in the most polarized time since the Civil War. America has sorted into 2 mutual exclusive groups: Democrats & Republicans or liberals & conservatives. And, we agree on absolutely nothing. Without a common culture, the United States is rapidly descending into a war against all and may God have mercy on our souls. Well, not exactly. Americans actually agree with each other on many, if not, most fundamental questions. The polarization that we hear about all the time is largely restricted to political activists and media elites who mistake their own extreme views for the voice of the people. In reality, voters are not more extreme or polarized than in the past. Rather, it is the political parties that have pushed out to the far right and far left and they’re nominating candidates that represent fewer and fewer Americans.

The House voted in favor of S139 reauthorizing FISA surveillance upon Americans in non-terrorist cases with unlimited, unfettered access in complete contradiction to the terms established by the 4th Amendment.

The federal government doesn’t have the personnel and resources to enforce federal marijuana laws in states where cannabis is legal – no matter what Jeff Sessions wants.

The Masterpiece Cakeshop case forces us to ask just how far we want anti-discrimination laws to go.

The Fraser Institute ranks countries based on economic freedom. In 2010, the US fell out of the top 10. We’re now 11th!

Congress is almost universally despised. Will a fresh crop of shiny new Congresspeople solve the problem? Probably not.

Here’s a fun fact. Did you know virtually all of the individual tax cuts in the Senate version of tax reform are temporary? The middle class isn’t getting tax relief. Its getting government on a credit card.

“If the government, on its own, could decide who has Constitutional Rights and who doesn’t, it would ALWAYS take away Constitutional Rights because prosecution without Constitutional Rights is a breeze.” ~ Judge Andrew Napolitano

Many in today’s political landscape are confused about the differences between rights vs. benefits but, understanding this distinction is very important politically.

If society is honest and historically accurate, there is only one question that has any relevance to the gun control debate.

Don’t fall for tax reform. It’s a con, and a shell game.

There is some very dangerous rhetoric coming forward from the violence that occurred in Charlottesville, Va. We need to understand the danger of this rhetoric, not just for our own safety, but for the security of future generations.

Anyone who has the audacity to bring up nullification in a debate with friends and foes alike has probably heard this before. “Nullification is lawlessness!” That is not what the founding generation thought. Not even close.

Many hold to a nostalgic view of the United States as a single nation once unified by a common culture. This was never true.

The history that led the founding fathers to the conclusion that it was necessary to separate from British rule is important to understand. It was only through independence that they could insure that liberty could be secured for all people. They wanted a people that ruled over their OWN government, not a people ruled BY government.

Despite what Governor of California Jerry Brown wants in relation to his state concerning the Paris Accord, states are not allowed to make foreign treaties. That power was delegated to the federal government under the Constitution.

The principle of Separation of Church and State. America has been taught an errant understanding of this principle for so long, that although the Missouri Supreme Court got it right in this case — the church that brought suit got it all wrong.