Early Government
In Rothenburg, Bavaria we were surrounded by evidence of the beginnings of the city state. I wrote the other day...
Category: Politics
Medieval Walls and Socialized Medicine
About 1200 in Rothenburg, Bavaria (pronounced rotenberg) in order to build a city wall they levied a tax on all of the...
Why Obama Will Lose in November
So here is the math. Romney will probably get roughly the same number of votes as John McCain did in 2008 but he will...
Power to the …….
If you give the State the power to do something for you, you give it an exact equivalent power to do something to...
You Can’t Fake the Harvest
All farmers know that it is easy in the spring to predict a bumper crop. And in the summer as the fields...
Irony Abounds
The recent Secret Service scandal was discovered when a disagreement came to light about how much a Columbian...
What Would Texas Do?
Headline in the 5/14/12 WSJ: "Brown Says More Cuts Needed" Note to Governor Brown: "You can't save your way to...
Election Spending Perspective
Americans spend $14 surfing for every $1 they spend on presidential elections. Of course surfing is more fun and...
Political Email
I received an email yesterday from "The Consumer Watchdog Campaign." They apparently want the government to impose...
Where the Money Has Gone
According to the 2010 census of the 15 richest counties in America, ten are in the Washington DC area. The money is...
