Franke: John Adams and the Rule of Law
by Mark Franke John Adams is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Founding Fathers; he gets no respect. That is an exaggeration but not by much. He was, at the same time, one the most intellectual of the Founding Fathers and no doubt the most ill-tempered. It seems he just couldn’t help being irascible, given to Read the full article…
Morris: From Podunk to Nimrod
by Leo Morris Sooner or later, every political columnist quotes George Santayana, and this is my week. If you have a problem with that, then go back to Podunk with the other nimrods. That was probably a bad way to begin. Some readers might take offense. Let me start over. “Podunk” was a common insult Read the full article…
Backgrounder: Welfare for the Rich
by Paul Harvey and Lisa Conyers Our book, “Welfare for the Rich,” is designed to inform Americans — especially taxpayers who are footing most of the bill — about the massive movement of money from millions of middle- and lower-income Americans to much wealthier people and corporations that do not need and should not be Read the full article…
The Outstater
“There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns — the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld answering Read the full article…
Holcomb’s ‘Special’ Laws
“It was the legislature that passed the Emergency Management and Disaster law, which gives the governor broad power to take action to protect public health during emergencies. And if a global pandemic that has infected millions of people globally and killed 150,000 in this country in four months’ time is not an emergency, what is?” Read the full article…
A Question for Nov. 3: Is it Fair to Soak the Poor?
by Mark Franke We have all heard enough of the progressive-liberal mantra that the rich don’t pay their fair share. Proposals for millionaire taxes, which somehow always seem to hit hardest on the middle class, are a dime a dozen . . . provided they are on someone else’s dime. Okay, but look at several recent Read the full article…
