Archive for 2011
Avoiding debt
“We contend that for a nation to try
to tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and trying
to lift himself up by the handle.”
- Sir Winston Churchill
What happened to our “Hallmark” values?
Each Christmas season my wife and I look forward to days we spend watching one Hallmark movie after another; hopefully a snowy day with a fire in the fireplace.
Judicial ‘good Behavior’
We hold Supreme Court Justices in high regard, but should we? The Constitution says they “shall hold their Office during good Behavior?” Well, let’s look at their behavior.
A state religion?
Understanding the founding fathers’ fears of government offers insight into the meaning of their words in the United States Constitution. Many of their demanded freedoms were born from the British trail of William Penn who challenged the sovereignty of the Church of England, the state religion. On its steps, he dared to gather and preach a different belief, a capital offense.
I’m entitled
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions – it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”
Irving Kristol, 1920-2009
American columnist
“Other people’s money”
“Socialist governments do traditionally make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money.”
Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister, 1979 – 1990
