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Roots of Progressive Theories: Government versus Individual

by SteveK @ Tuesday, August 24th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Government, History

The following excerpt is from an article titled The Progressives’ Legacy of Bankruptcy by Tiffany Miller. The full article starts out by describing the failed economic policies of progressives, but eventually gets to the foundations of modern liberal thought concerning the role of government. The dominant theme being that individual self-sacrifice for the state will [...]

Democrats Propose Government Planned Communities

by SteveK @ Wednesday, August 11th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Environment, Family, Government

The so-called Livable Communities Act is top-down central planning scheme designed to change where we live and work, and how we travel. Bureaucrats in the Environmental Protection Agency, Housing and Urban Development, and the Department of Transportation will oversee this Soviet-style social engineering.
It’s worrisome to witness the growing historical parallels between today’s Democratic Party and [...]

Why Is Hollywood and the Big Media So Fond of Authoritarian Governments?

by SteveK @ Monday, July 19th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media

Expanding on a Jonah Goldberg column in which he ponders New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman’s fawning admiration of Communist China:
According to New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman in his mega-selling book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded,” China banned plastic bags a few years ago. “Bam! Just like that — 1.3 billion people, theoretically, [...]

Could Obama and His Administration Be Intentionally Sabotaging the Economy?

by SteveK @ Monday, July 12th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Economics, Government, History

The heads of Obama’s national debt commission recently said, “this debt is like a cancer.” Erskine Bowles added that, “it is truly going to destroy the country from within.” He ostensibly fretted: “Just think about that: All that money, going somewhere else, to create jobs and opportunity somewhere else.” Almost sounds like redistributing our wealth.
I [...]

Chicago Mayor Vows to Fight Against Second Amendment Rights

by SteveK @ Thursday, July 1st, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Legal, Second Amendment

Following the Supreme Court’s recent Second Amendment decision, the mayor of Chicago vowed to keep the city’s 30-year old ban on handguns. Mayor Richard M. Daley said officials are working to rewrite the city ordinance in accordance with the new ruling while protecting Chicago residents from gun violence. But if he were serious about protecting [...]

Schools Teaching Children To Bully Parents Over Environment

by SteveK @ Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Environment, Family, Government

From an article at the National Association of Scholars, children are turning into green zombies in order:
To prepare them for their role in unleashing eco-revolution, schools around the country are teaching students, beginning with the very young, to live a lifestyle centered on “sustainability.” …According to a poll by Habitat Heroes, 1 in 3 American [...]

Friday Funny - Hit Rock Bottom Yet?

by SteveK @ Friday, June 18th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Humor

Soft Despotism – When Public Servants Become Our Masters

by SteveK @ Monday, June 14th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, History

Kenneth Minogue wrote a piece for The New Criterion on the diminishing moral life of our democratic age. Too many people seem willing to accept a certain degree of dependency on the ruling class and their promises - a tragic mistake since our betters often make worse decisions. Many politicians live sheltered, luxurious lives apart [...]

It’s Not Racial Profiling, but Another Form of Affirmative Action

by SteveK @ Monday, May 24th, 2010. Tags: , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, National Security

How do you fight a crime committed disproportionately by a particular group without profiling?
If race is inextricably tied to a particular crime, and any attempts to address it are reflexivly branded as ‘profiling’, then basically you are saying you cannot stop it; you just have to let it happen.
It is strange to hear people in [...]

Friday Funny - A More Difficult Leak to Plug

by SteveK @ Friday, May 21st, 2010. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Humor
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