I tried really, really hard to not get cynical about this debate over including a question about U.S. citizenship on the upcoming U.S. Census. I failed. The Republicans say a…
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In the midst of a recent political conversation, the question of what are the most widely misunderstood political concepts surfaced. In my book, the world champion in this regard is…
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…
I remember reading George Orwell’s 1984 back in 1968. The idea that Big Brother was watching me – constantly and continuously – was the creepiest idea I had encountered in…
A big part of my own “having more fun than anyone else I know” consists of reading, listening to and watching a wide variety of stuff produced by people with…
An old friend and colleague of mine e-mailed me with an intriguing observation. “100 years ago, if you did not have common sense and situational awareness, you would starve or…
