The continuing hoo-ha boiling around Brexit has been going on for over 4 years now. It’s also beginning to look like the 10/31/19 “drop dead” date will get extended yet…
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(Editor’s Note: Thanks to subscriber Carlos Q for steering us to this topic!) (…and Another Editor’s Note: This episode runs a little bit longer than most. The reason is that,…
(Editor’s Note: Thank you to subscriber Sara B. for pointing us to the notion of a “10th Amendment Commission.”) Remember the metaphor with the frog and the boiling water? You…
I just can’t help myself. I feel compelled to continue along with the dual theme of 1) the government really has gotten too big and 2) We the People force…
In last week’s episode, I did something quite out of character… I suggested that we all need to stop bashing our politicians. Or at least stop bashing them until after…
It’s no secret that in my book, the federal government is too big. I’ve said so in no uncertain terms in a goodly number of Internationally Vicarious episodes. Hard as…
The feeling that government has grown larger than is good for the country and continues to grow unabated is anything but new. I am far from alone in decrying Big…
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Tip O’Neill, a Democrat from Massachusetts, is most closely associated with the phrase, “All politics is local.” Whatever you may think…
The Constitution of the United States has stood the test of time. To a massive extent, the framework it provides is responsible for the insanely great standard of living we…
Political power plays are always so much fun to watch. It gives me a chance to do three of my favorite things: Use one of my favorite phrases, namely, “A…
