Don Surber, indefatigable chronicler of the Trump Ascension and the Trump Election (both highly recommended as fun, interesting reads, and yes, I have relatives who got them, and no, I'm not Don Surber, I'm a fan), has had many fun columns since the inauguration about the temper tantrum that is current media and Democrat politics. One of his most ( Read more... )

Don Surber, retired columnist from West Virginia, has perfectly described a key problem with reforming laws to reach goals: it doesn't work. The permanent government steps in, and the elected officials say, "We can't do anything." We know better, but they continue to deny it.

The 1965 law and its 1986 reform made this problem ( Read more... )

If the FEC makes rules that limit my First Amendment right to express my opinion on core political issues, I will not obey those rules. This has been true since the first time they said they were going to limit my freedom to post, and it's true now that they are considering it again.

For background, consider this posting from Patrick Frey, in ( Read more... )

The City of London is an unusual corporation inside what is usually described as London. So unusual that it has its own interesting member of Parliament, a "remembrancer" whose job it is to remind Parliament of the privileges of the City, and take exception to laws which might alter or harm it.

It looks like the EU, however, has decided to take ( Read more... )

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You know, he's supposed to be on the side of Nevadans if he's going to represent us.

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The virtue of compromise, defended uncompromisingly.

Fracking Safe in NY State, Says Leaked Report | Via Meadia

Remember when government coverups were hiding things that were bad for you? Remember the environmental movement saying that they were about scientific knowledge?

Neither of those are true any more. Try to keep up.

Man-made global warming: even the IPCC admits the jig is up - Telegraph Blogs

Not that I expect the EPA to stop regulating with respect to it, or to return the jobs they killed. After all, they are the government.

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The fiscal cliff promises large spending cuts. Good.

The fiscal cliff raises taxes, not so good.

But large spending cuts are very difficult to get, while tax changes appear to happen annually.

So I'd pick the fiscal cliff option.

Mitchell’s Golden Rule « International LibertyThe matter is fairly simple: if you want to cut the budget over time, hold your increases to less than the private sectors increases. That way, tax revenues will slowly increase, forcing you toward a balanced budget. Fairly painless ( Read more... )