Big Government vs. Small Government
There’s been a number of excellent posts recently that have touched on this issue of Big Government vs. Small Government, such as Fairlington Blade’s excellent post about his children, Into the...
View ArticleI Recommend WaPo’s ‘Spring Cleaning’– 10 articles for conversation starters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-time-to-toss-the-all-volunteer-military/2012/04/19/gIQAwFV3TT_story.html?sub=AR I liked Milbanks’ take on the Cabinet – except for the Big Four, they don’t...
View ArticleCradle to Grave
From the Obama campaign: Life of Julia I’ll be honest. This makes my stomach churn. Every one of life’s moments, made possible by the benevolence of President Obama. Poor Julia. Obama wants her...
View ArticleThe Wrong Focus?
According to US Postal Service financials, in 2007 the USPS posted a net loss of $5.1 billion. In 2008 it posted a loss of $2.8 billion. In 2009 the loss was $3.8 billion. In 2010 it posted a loss of...
View ArticleLet’s do something strange and use science!
It is an article of faith among those on the political left and in the media (but I repeat myself) that the Republican party has moved significantly to the right in recent years. Depending on who you...
View ArticleSunday Funnies and Open Thread
I’m not going to say “I told you so” but I did have the feeling this was going to happen somewhere. I just don’t think all civic responsibilities lend themselves that well to private enterprise. It...
View ArticleHump Day Craziness
I read this yesterday and it lead me to some interesting questions. Well, they were interesting to me anyway. I’ve been fascinated with the different factions of the Republican Party and the...
View ArticleIf It Saves One Life
This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. I doubt any of the rest of you are interested in this phenomenon but I’ve found it to be very true in my own experience. Once tragedy...
View ArticleThe long, slow death of a Republic 7/4/15
Three years ago I contributed several pieces to a 4th of July series here at ATiM celebrating American independence. I had hoped they would provide some sense of the way I feel about the birth of...
View ArticleAn “independent”, agenda-setting bureaucracy 10/24/16
There is an op-ed article today in the WSJ, unfortunately behind the firewall, that unwittingly lays bare the unconstitutionality of the regulatory state as it currently exists in the US. The article...
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