government – Page 7

The Structure of Our Government: Why the Founders Built Our System As It Exists

I’m flabbergasted and flummoxed by a few things regarding the general public’s knowledge of government. Specifically, I’m

28 Mar

I was perusing Facebook and some other social media sites for nothing more than some casual browsing. I’ve curtailed such

09 Jan

It’s not a difficult equation. In fact, it’s rather simple. We simply don’t remember any of it. No American citizen is alive

10 Dec

In his groundbreaking book The Gulag Archipelago, Alexander Solzhenitsyn explained not only his experiences in the Soviet

01 Dec

In 1976, the federal Government in the Sunshine Act was passed, part of a series of acts that sought to bring out in the open

26 Nov

Blasphemy: The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things. It’s the last part that needs to be

20 Nov

There’s been a lot of consternation and controversy over the lack of a stimulus bill being passed by Congress. The

23 Oct

When Speaker “Tip” O’Neill said “all politics is local”, he couldn’t have been more correct. The problem is that no one was

27 Sep

Over the last thirty nine years of studying history and politics, I’ve come to understand a few things. It seems the longer I

17 Sep

I tried to avoid this as long as I could, but being a writer, I found it impossible to stay on the sidelines any longer.

06 Sep