My Political Dream

At the invitation of Times and Seasons, I published my political dream as a comment to a recent post.  Here is my comment:
My political dream is simple: a body that acknowledges the existence of the welfare-warfare state, understands its origins, its impracticality, and immorality, and exists for one purpose: to ensure its dismantling so that individual liberty might [...]

The Flipside of Government Economic Flourishing

I recently came across this article in the Deseret News on how wonderfully well the state and local governments are flourishing, economically speaking.  While this is generally not the news throughout the country (many state and local governments are, in fact, struggling financially), this certainly has a bad flipside that’s not really covered in the [...]

Optimum Home Ownership Rates

While listening to the radio this morning, I came across a story about how foreclosures are increasing, meaning that the percentage of Americans who are homeowners is decreasing.  To my delight, I heard the radio host mention that several previous presidential administrations had emphasized increasing home ownership.
Some egghead was brought in and questioned about this, [...]

Read Gregory Davis on the Bailout

I strongly recommend reading Gregory Davis’ article on the bailout specifically, and accountability in general.  It is a close mirror of many of my own thoughts and feelings with regards to the bailout.  One of my favorite parts is this question, which Congress should have asked to Sec. Paulson and Mr. Bernanke:
Chair: Mr Paulson, Mr [...]

Proposition 8 and The Danger of Positive Rights

Proposition 8, a hot-button issue on the upcoming California ballot, is one the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is actively engaged in.  Letters have been sent out to Mormon congregations, encouraging members to actively do all they can to urge the passing of this piece of legislation, which, as I understand, amends the [...]