The Political Inquirer

To take a subject from a discussion I was reading, I want to bring up the Pledge of Allegiance:
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.“
The pledge I recited my whole life [...]

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After the descriptions of ‘the real struggles of the Average American’ and the not-so-average American, it’s time to end the trilogy by bringing into consideration on ‘non-American averages’ 
Here are three real stories of pretty average non-Americans, though unusual in that they start out somewhat below-average and move to somewhat above average.  Through them, hopefully one will learn [...]

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Ron Paul’s book, The Revolution: A Manifesto is officially out today. Pick up a copy if you’re interested in seeing the reasoning behind his (and my) belief in peace, prosperity, capitalism, and small government.

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Remember this when choosing a presidential candidate.
“What matters is not whether a doctrine is new, but whether it is sound.”
-Ludwig von Mises

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This time of year is usually “down-time” for politics. Things get boring as people prepare for the ‘good news’ that starts during May and June. Right now is a really bad time, and I’ve gotten tired of it. The Hillary-Barack race has gone on far too long, leading to hatred on both sides. Republicans are [...]

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Tell me this is a joke. Ellis Washington’s conservative plan for America if we were elected president:
If I were to become president, I would solemnly promise the American people that I would do four things: First, using Israel’s border wall with the Palestinians as my paradigm, I would immediately build a border wall between the [...]

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(Part 1) (Part 2) (Parts 3 and 4) (Parts 5 and 6) (Part 7)
I finished watching the last episode of the John Adams miniseries by HBO. It was another moving episode, definitely one of the the best. It obviously follows the end of the life of Adams, his wife, his daughter and many of his [...]

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Murray Rothbard’s essay “On Resisting Evil” is one of the most inspirational pieces I have ever read. I’m reposting it here for everyone to read:
How can anyone, finding himself surrounded by a rising tide of evil, [...]

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Norm sent an article my way from TIME about the Bush administration appealing the classification of visitor’s logs as public information. I can’t speak for the opinions of others on the site but I feel that virtually everything our government does should be public information–especially visitor’s logs. What if the President were conspiring with leaders [...]

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To continue with the previous theme of the ‘real struggles of the average American’, let’s discuss the not-so-typical American.  Let’s start with the flatscreen TV that Mr. Typical changed off the IED report to find the ‘Lost’ episode.
‘Mr. Typical’ doesn’t want to know, but that IED took the life of a young sergeant, serving his [...]

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Forty-two people were executed by the government for their crimes against the state last year.  Almost two-thirds of them had a previous felony on their record.  1 in 12 had previously committed homicide.    The average age of those executed was 29, but almost 10% of them were 19 or younger.  
 Phillip Workman was one of those forty-two.  On [...]

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This phrase was used in a comment here and got me thinking about what a tall pile of male bovine excrement it represents.  We’ll start with the most odiferous part associated with the ‘Average American’ (as opposed to the ‘non-average American’ and the ‘average human’).  I start with my conversation with the ‘average American’.
I meet the [...]

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