One with the comment “The last 30 years seem to have been an enormous hamster wheel” links to President Carter’s “Malaise Speech.” Another with the comment “I was wondering how long it would take for someone to step up to BP’s defense” exposes some congressional idiocy. A reply to the above states “LOL this lady [...]
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A Collection of Posts Related to the BP Disaster Found on My Facebook Wall this Morning
Posted in Uncategorized on June 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Moral Minority
Posted in Law and Government, tagged conservative, libertarian, Reason.com, Damon Root, judicial activism, Alexis de Tocqueville, tyranny of the majority on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Reason.com, Damon Root has an article titled Conservatives V. Libertarians, The debate over judicial activism divides former allies. The purpose of “judicial activism” is perhaps most famously explained by Alexis de Tocqueville in chapter 15 of his Democracy in America, wherein he discusses the power of the American legislatures, and the “tyranny of [...]
