The Role of the Ruling Class

We will always have a ruling class. Our economy and nation are just too large to manage without delegated authority.  Our great experiment with democracy is about whether the people can be trusted to select their leaders wisely. The aristocracy of Europe ruled based...

Internet Sales Tax Ruling

The Supreme Court just ruled that states can collect sales taxes from internet sales and shipments. Previous sales taxes could only be collected from a business with a physical presence in that state.  The 5-4 majority decided this was simply a recognition of the...

Gun Girls

The Great Revolt – Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics – by Salena Zito and Brad Todd looks deeply into the Trump vote in the Midwestern counties that swung the vote to Trump. Salena Zito was noted for her astute observation that Trump’s...

The Law vs Moral Philosophy

from Kenneth Stars in the WSJ, Gorsuch Gets  Comfortable in Scalia’s Chair: When Scalia ascended to the high court in 1986, he saw the danger of a runaway judiciary, as embodied in the Warren Court and to a lesser extent the Burger Court. The judges were “making...

The Legislative Court of HRC

Probably the most objectionable statement from HRC (and this is quite a list) was in the second debate in how she would select justices for the Supreme Court. The transcript: QUESTION: Good evening. Perhaps the most important aspect of this election is the Supreme...