Politics
IMMIGRATION AND RESTRICTION There was an interesting study done some years ago looking at the issue of “illegal immigration”. One of the conclusions was that it began under Bill Clinton, who for the first time made undocumented migrant immigration illegal, closed the...
MAIL-IN BALLOTS – A BASIC PROBLEM Perhaps you are a Republican living in a purple Congressional District. Your vote could mean the difference between sending a Republican to Congress or a Democrat. Unfortunately, you will need to be out of town on Election Day. Under...
INCREASING IMMIGRATION FOR PURELY SELFISH MOTIVES One of the undiscussed issues pertaining to immigration in this country is our declining Birthrate. Why? In 2025, according to the U.S. CDC, the Birthrate in the U.S. population reached a low of under 54 births per...
THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT “The sword of the law should never fall on but those whose guilt is so apparent as to be pronounced by their friends as well as foes.” Thomas Jefferson, 1801. In my previous essay I charged everyone with examining their core beliefs. One of those...
How you see the world, what motivates your policy decisions, and which party you support, depends deeply on your personal perspective on the basic assumptions of society’s mores and responsibilities. I wanted to take some time to address these assumptions and to...
IN DEFENSE OF CALIFORNIA’S VOTING Little raises my hackles more quickly than politicians misstating reality for partisan expediency. And so it is with respect to the California voting system. I am not talking about the “jungle” primaries. This is an interesting...
In 1785 the poet Robert Burns wrote a poem called “To a Mouse”, regretting that the natural union between man and mouse had been destroyed by farmers plowing fields, destroying the homes and food sources of mice. The most famous stanza of the poem is the penultimate:...
As we follow the arguments before the Supreme Court regarding the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, there are some questions that we might ask ourselves. I am not an attorney, have never studied law, nor am I a constitutional scholar. I am just an interested...
A question has been raised about constricting the 14th Amendment to provide that only children born of a legal resident mother be given citizenship. Regarding that question here is some historical perspective. I think that perspective is important because what...
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of...
Dangerous Cures: A Final Comment One final thought on this issue: The arithmetic. To recall: In 42 years, there were only 28 convictions for “Impersonation Fraud” at the polls(less than 1 per year). In 42 years, there were only 289 convictions for “Fraudulent use of...