I hope everyone saw Richard Sherman on CNN the other night. If you did you saw an exemplary human being speaking openly with great insight. And, he plays a mean corner. Before the interview, I assured my wife that he would come through. It wasn’t just that I’d seen...
Month: January 2014
Part 3: Conservatives Should Support Fed Legalization of Pot In Washington State
In part 1, we discussed the original understanding of the Federal commerce power and its erosion. In part 2, the gross, substantial expansion of the Federal Government’s power that occurred in the twentieth century was discussed. Now, we’ll cover the relationship of...
Part 2: Conservatives Should Support Fed Legalization Of Pot In Washington State
In Part 1, we talked about the original understanding of the Federal commerce power and how it has been eroded. The gross, substantial expansion of the Federal Government’s power that occurred in the twentieth century is discussed below. Up until about the 1930’s the...
Part 1: Why Conservatives Should Support Fed Legalization Of Pot In Washington State
Conservatives champion small federal government limited to the express functions set forth in the constitution (i.e. enumerated powers), state sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, laissez faire economics, and limited regulation. Yet some conservative pundits...
No New Laws That Compromise Freedoms – DUI Checkpoints in Washington State
It seems like every time there is a terrible tragedy, a cliche of a light bulb suddenly lights up in every politician’s mind and a thought bubble materializes over each politician’s head that reads: “bingo… I got an ‘NEW’ idea… how about a BRAND NEW LAW law?”...