Why Freedoms must be absolute.

Featured image by the State Library of New South Wales. Follow the link for more images. I was having a discussion with a coworker about sports, and the topic wound its way to the #MillionMAGAMarch in Washington DC. He went on to say that the protesters were out there to support Trump (who lost). I […]

Why the Senate and Electoral College matter.

Featured Image by Cornell University Library. Follow the link to learn more. Prior to the Constitutional Convention, Thomas Jefferson had put a statement condemning slavery in an earlier draft of the Declaration of Independence. This was removed by the Continental Congress, which was dealing with the larger issue of securing liberty first for the country. […]

Take note of what you say…

This election brought out over 148 million votes, a spectacular level of turnout, regardless of how things turn out. Over a 62% participation in our representative republic.

The duality of social media.

I used to not like social media because it was a highlight reel of people’s best moments, and that it portrayed other people’s lives as unobtainable and idyllic. Now I don’t like social media because it magnifies every flaw and imperfection…

Why I agree with Decriminalizing drugs.

I myself don’t do drugs (I already have my own issues and problems as it is). And many in the Libertarian party get that stereotype.

So now we must be vigilant

I see people as a mixture of their choices and experiences, but ever capable of choosing a new path. I see the world not as a place of perpetual persecution and evil, but as an endless place of possibility.

Liberty will never die

Featured image by Colleen. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. For those who worry that if Biden wins, or if Trump wins, or if this candidate or that candidate wins that liberty will be dead and the United States will become nothing but a fascist dictatorship, let me say this. The fire […]

Food for thought as we wait for election results

As it stands right now, we’re entering the litigation phase of this hotly contested election. I still can’t tell you how things will turn out, though my gut says Biden will take it in the end. I have a few thoughts, and a few things for those who voted Biden should keep in mind over […]

As it stands

Featured image from Freepik. Follow the link for more images. This election has been wild, and continues to be wild. If all things stay the same, then we hit the nightmare scenario, 269 to 269. I would rather that not happen, even if it meant Biden winning. As I have said before, I have no […]

Observations of the Progressive Left vs. my experiences.

Progressivism is an insulated worldview, cultivated in the public school system and universities, and shipped all over the country as people come to grips with the consequences of their own policies. I live on the west coast in California, a deep blue stronghold with near single-party control and some of the highest taxes in the […]