Call For Sanity

The U.S. Constitution was intentionally designed to ensure a strong enough federal government to overcome the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and keep the country from dissolving into anarchy while maintaining a government limited in its authority beyond the basic necessities. Yes, we need the federal government to provide for national defense. Yes, we need the federal government to oversee interstate commerce. Yes, we need the federal government to handle treaties with other nations. I could go on, but you can read the Constitution for yourself. However, take close notice at the 10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. So, why does our federal government get involved in things that the Constiution does not delegate to it? The answer is "because it can." How is this done? Well, mostly it is done by collecting massive amounts ...

[On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States officially overturned the January 22, 1973, decision by the same body. This opinion, which I authored in 2009,  explains my reasons for believing that this was an appropriate decision.] Whether you are for or against abortion rights, you should be against Roe v. Wade. Why? Because Roe v. Wade is a perfect example of the danger that judicial activism poses to the integrity of the U.S. Constitution. It is claiming to find something in the Constitution that just isn't there. Where in the Constitution is there a protection of personal individual freedom with regards to medical decisions, parental decisions, or even prohibition against murder? Nowhere. These matters are to be decided by elected legislatures, not appointed judges. If a legislature wants to make it legal for a woman to kill her child during pregnancy because the pregnancy has medical implications for the woman, that is within the powers granted by the Constituti...

The economic "crisis" of 2009 has been mischaracterized in the press and by the government.  For starters, President Obama likes to blame the "failed policies of the past 8 years" and particularly "the Bush tax cuts." That couldn't be farther from the truth. The tax cuts are actually what fueled the economic good times during his administration, and they held off the recession that would have otherwise come much sooner.  President Bush certainly has a share of the blame, though, because he signed all those wasteful spending bills full of pork. In fact, he didn't veto anything until the waning days of his administration. Then, he went so far as to push for the massive financial industry "bailout", which was exactly the wrong thing to do. Better to let those banks fail and let the economy start the process of recovery than to keep propping things up and subsidizing companies that can't survive on their own due to bad decisions.   The Re...