The Absolute Right of Informed Consent
At the center of public attention throughout the United States today are various “mandates” from public officials and even private parties aimed at forcing...
How the States Can Suppress Illegal Immigration
No reader of this commentary needs to be reminded that the United States are reeling under a continuous mass influx across the southern borders...
Why Are Not Some People Quaking in Their Boots?
One wonders whether a hearing before some Congressional committee is the appropriate venue for determining what relationship (if any) certain officials and agencies of...
The President’s Authority To Suppress Insurrections
Recently, both the big “mainstream” media and hundreds of alternative sources on the Internet have overflowed with the opinions of commentators, pundits, bloggers, public...
When Will “Enough Is Enough” Become “This Is Too Much”?
The “covid-19” panic has emphasized in an unique manner the necessity for Americans to ask themselves the perennially relevant question: “Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”—“Who...
Is The President An “Essential” Worker?
During the course of the “covid-19” panic, masses of hot air, typescript, and electrons have been expended on what workers are, or are not,...
“Covid-19” and Three Discontinuities of Government
As perusal of the Internet reveals, the most accurate characterization of this country’s response to the “covid-19” crisis is that America has become beset...
The Offensiveness of Taking Political Offense
Not long ago, in the course of an acrimonious debate over one radical “gun-control” bill under consideration in the 2020 session of the General...
“Gun Control” Is A “Badge And Incident Of Slavery”
As most politically observant readers of this commentary are all too well aware, in the elections of 2019 the Democratic Party gained an ascendancy...
The 9-11 Event, The President, And The Militia
One need not have earned an advanced degree in the natural sciences, in engineering, in law, or in any of the disciplines related to...
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