Southerner, American, Lover of Liberty, PhD of political science, professor, blogger.
Is it me, or does it seem like we’ve had an oddly high number of “mass shootings” over the past few months? Honestly, I don’t remember there being mass shootings in the U.S. for a while. Maybe we were all pre-occupied with the coronavirus, or maybe the news didn’t highlight the cases because they knew …
A recent Gallup poll indicates a 4% increase in Americans who identify as Democrat. Right now 49% of Americans “age 18 and older reported Democratic Party affiliation or said they are independent with Democratic leanings throughout the first quarter of 2021”. Americans who identify as Republican now make up around 40% of the U.S. population, making …
Democrats and Republicans, What Do You Stand For? Read More »
I want to make something VERY clear. The Constitution and the Law are two very different things. One is law that has authority over government, the other is a law that has authority over we the people. I’ve had some pushback over something I said in a recent post. I said that vaccine passports cannot …
I’ve been realizing more and more just how critical it is that we (collectively as Americans) stop preaching division, strife and anger and start looking at the one key issue that ties all Americans together. I constantly hear people on the “right” say: “The left has gone crazy. There’s no hope for them. It’s the …
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) tweeted that “Vaccine Passports are unconstitutional”. Well, guess what? That’s actually not true. But let’s back up a bit. What are vaccine passports anyway? A vaccine passport is a digital QR code on someone’s phone that individuals scan when entering any form of private industry (grocery, airlines, parks, cruises etc) to give proof …
Vaccine Passports, Social Coercion and the Constitution Read More »
Listening to regular American discussion, I can’t help but notice the constant calls for equality. When asked, what is the most important virtue a country should have, many people immediately say: equality. I was thinking about this–equality, in and of itself, is neither good nor bad. It’s simply a state of being. Equality can, in …
So, as I was teaching class today, I realized something. I love to look at the definitions of words, especially in the context of government and law. Words and their meanings are really fundamental to understanding government institutions, particularly American government institutions since our founders were so careful with their words and names. (For instance, …
Americans tend to conflate the concept of rights with the concept of liberty. We do this rather frequently and damage the cause of liberty in doing so. This is really just a matter of theoretical semantics. As Americans we’ve always grown up cherishing and protecting our negative rights, or rights that we already have inherent …
“Rights” Are Not Liberty: Medicare for All Act of 2021 Read More »
I’ve been listening to the likes of Jordan Peterson, Brandon Turner, Ben Shapiro and Dave Rubin recently and their conversations have stimulated my thinking about certain subjects. There was one specific topic that really got me thinking. Dr. Peterson, along with the the others, emphasized numerous times the importance of the right to free speech, …
Private Citizens Cannot Violate Free Speech Rights Read More »
Sometimes I visit the CNN website just to see at what news the world is looking. The headlines are a bit amazing to me and help me understand why Americans might feel like the world is burning to the ground. As of Tuesday, March 16th, here are a few of the headlines. “Experts warn variant …