I wrote a while back about one of the origins of the idea of including “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence comes from Phillip Mazzei, one of Thomas Jefferson’s neighbors.  A classed society is problematic.  You have one set of laws for one group, and a different set of laws for another [...]

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I wasn’t aware that there was such a thing as Bill of Rights Day.  Turns out there is.   Tim Lynch at the Cato Institute made some relevant notes on the status of the Bill of Rights today.  Bill of Rights Day – The Bill of Rights Institute is giving away $10,000 in prizes for [...]

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In Oregon we vote by mail.  We get our ballots in the mail.  We make our choices, usually at home or during lunch at work.  We drop our ballot in the mail box.  It works great.  I was reading this weekend about the connection between Hugo Chavez and the voting machines used in the last [...]

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This article by Mark Steyn, Obama goes from dazzle to drone, reminds me of something I’ve written before, about how freedom is dependent on the ability of the people to vote with their feet.  If you can’t leave your government, you aren’t free.   Mark points out some claims by the global statists.  From Herman van [...]

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I was digging through some old letters and photos from my grandmother a while back. My father-in-law, Bill, was helping.  We came across gramma’s old college degree in education.  All of a sudden he jumps up in surprise and says, “She was a Vandal!”  That made no sense to me.  I asked him what he [...]

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