Government

The issue of race relations in America has reached a new high pitch with the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman, followed by mass peaceful demonstrations and instances of violence, looting, and arson in cities around the country.

People are being forced back into a new tribalism and a new racial and ethnic collectivism in the public arena due to the renewed insistence on “group-think” that is reinforced by a variety of government policies.

California Governor Gavin Newsom needs to show actual science if he continues to shut down California’s economy.

There has been much back-and-forthing over whom should and shouldn’t get money from the CARES Act.

When the State shuts down millions of private businesses but doesn’t lay off a single government employee, it’s not about your health.

Big Government doesn’t have the authority to engage in any of the nine trillion parts of the massive shutdowns they have imposed. There is no Virus Exemption Amendment to the Constitution.

For decades, the state that has been dominated by one-party that has been laying the foundation for a budget catastrophe.

At the end of April, Illinois utility regulators issued a call to repeal a pro-consumer federal order, called the Minimum Price Order Rule. Here’s what this means.

Efforts to get us to accept and even support more of this government intrusion and data mining into our private affairs is one of the great dangers facing us in the coronavirus crisis.

Barack Obama is one of the most successful marketing jobs in the history of humanity.

The candor is refreshing.  It is rare to see a public official openly resting upon the justification of Napoleon, the despot in George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm:  “Some pigs are more equal than others.”

Once freedom is lost, it is difficult to win back. Confiscating additional freedoms becomes easier with each further assault.

Taxing the rich has seemed to be one of the Band-Aid solutions for California’s budget, but that’s dangerous as seventy percent of the General Fund is already provided by personal taxes on just five percent of the population.