Rights and Liberty
This is 8 minutes well spent if you have any question about what constitutes a right and why rights are more than simply good things that deserve legal protection or assistance. (Hat tip: The Anti-PC Infidel)
Month August 2008
One Subject at a Time
Today I would like to introduce DownsizeDC.org’s “One Subject at a Time Act” Most Americans probably believe a bill has to have majority support in Congress before it can become the law of the land. Sadly, this common sense expectation…
Equal Before the Law
In Sunday school today we were talking, among other things, about the freedom of conscience that was protected under Nephite law. The teacher (I can’t remember his name since it was our first week in a new ward) made the…
Fallout from Statewide Four 10’s Schedule
As I was riding the bus home yesterday there were very few riders. I overheard some people discussing it and suggesting that it might be related to the new four 10’s schedule of most government offices. That explanation makes sense…
Stuck in Limbo
The last few weeks I have consistently not written on Saturdays. Of course I have been generally less consistent, but Saturdays would seem like the time when I would have the most opportunity to make time to write. This week…
We Are Not Doing Enough
In answer to Lyall’s question – “Are we doing enough?” In fact, Lyall answered his own question by saying: I remember three US history classes in school . . . Not one of them came close to teaching me about…
Who Are You Voting Against?
I really wish I could find the article I glanced at yesterday postulating that the presidential race is not looking like a blowout for Obama because the contest has been framed as a referendum on Obama rather than a referendum…
Feeling Welcome
Laura and I are very excited about the house we are buying in Bountiful – even before our visit there today. We were visiting the house as part of an inspection and while we were there we were given an…
Federalist Nos. 21 – 22
Federalist No. 21 and Federalist No. 22 close the enumeration of the deficiencies of the United States under the Articles of Confederation. The argument that the federal government was impotent under the articles is well known but I did pick…
Followup on City Council Pay
Back in May I asked a question about attitudes regarding compensation for elected officials at the city level. I promised to write my conclusions in a followup and now I find that I never did that. My conclusion was that…