In my previous post I wrote about how the US Constitution is fundamentally flawed in that it bases our government on the belief that a free and republican people will usually elect wise representatives, while the facts of history prove that they will not. I want to follow up with some comments on another problem [...]
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Archive for December, 2010
Is the US Constitution fatally flawed? Part 2: The inevitable creation of The Nanny State
Posted in December 30th, 2010
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Is the US Constitution fatally flawed? Part 1: Federalist No. 10
Posted in December 27th, 2010
James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 10, The Utility of the Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection, about the inherent flaws of direct democracy. Put simply, governments need to be moral and rational in making decisions, and public majorities are not by nature moral and rational. In theory, democratically elected representatives would [...]
Rove’s “No Gravitas” is Sexism
Posted in December 11th, 2010
Karl Rove in a recent interview in the UK’s The Telegraph said of Sarah Palin: “There are high standards that the American people have for it [the presidency] and they require a certain level of gravitas, and they want to look at the candidate and say ‘that candidate is doing things that gives me confidence [...]
