Equality is Never Equal
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | June 27th at 08:41 PM |
Political and social philosophy cannot change human nature, and no matter how people wish for another reality all we have is the real one. It’s time people admit that once government acts to equalize the lives of all it must act unequally towards some.
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The Unlimited Blessings of Limited Government
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | June 21st at 01:43 AM |
The Framers believed Natural Law not only conferred rights it also established limits to the scope of government and man-made law.
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The Bottleneck is Always at the Top
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | June 13th at 05:30 PM |
We’re in the midst of a transaction wherein we’re expected to trade in our freedom for cradle-to-grave security and individual liberty for bureaucratic regimentation.
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I Got Some Transparency for You Right Here
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | June 6th at 05:54 PM |
Behind the veil of silence, mockery and misstatements, and continuing a trend that has gone on through the reigns of many imperial presidents, the Obama administration is accumulating more power than any previous administration in American History.
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Obama’s War (s)
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | May 31st at 11:57 AM |
Today we face endless wars for elusive peace when we can’t secure our own borders. We’re committed to war in Iraq and Afghanistan; we’ve been rattling sabers in Iran’s direction for years and there’s one more war just for good measure.
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Red Emperors Exploit Red Ink
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | May 24th at 11:34 AM |
The tale of two civilizations: America slides into the decay of collectivism with oppressive regulations and confiscatory taxes discouraging the innovation and enterprise which made us great. China turns away from these tools of re-distribution and embraces capitalism without naming it.
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What Is Sovereignty and Who Has It
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | May 16th at 03:31 PM |
For years this question of who is sovereign has see-sawed back and forth. Today the Progressives and their two headed government party seek to make the exaltation of the central government permanent. If this stands unchallenged America has devolved from the defused model established under the Constitution to a centralized version reminiscent of its original absolutist definition.
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Government Funded Front Groups
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | May 10th at 04:41 PM |
Where are those who believe in limited government? Why do they allow Progressives to create government funded interest groups?
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A Government of Fallible Men to Rule Fallible Men
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | May 3rd at 11:27 AM |
Even the Founders, a grouping singular in the history of men concerning the brilliance of their intellects and the purity of their motives knew they couldn’t trust themselves to form or maintain a government of fallible men to rule over fallible men.
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Does Equality Mean We Are All The Same
By: drrobertowens (Diary) | April 26th at 10:13 AM |
As long as the role of government is limited, and as long people are free to operate within the informal social arrangements of a non-regimented, non-stratified society there’s no tension between equality of opportunity and liberty.
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