I’m considering voting for a major party’s presidential ticket this year, for the first time in decades. As a matter of fact, it would mark the first time I’ve voted the top of the ticket for this particular party, in my life. I’ve met the presidential nominee. He’s got character. He’s also a likeable guy […]
Considering the performance of the two elected obstetricians most recently in the national eye, it’s intriguing to speculate how much better off the country might be if we could send the 533 big spenders currently holding down seats in Congress on an extended world cruise, replacing them for a term or two with randomly selected […]
Those who want government to run our lives are endlessly frustrated with such “outmoded” ideas as state sovereignty and the Electoral College. The initial ideas were simple enough: While the federal government would guarantee the residents of each state a republican form of government and refrain from infringing the citizen’s basic rights — the right […]
Much nonsense has been heard from both presumptive big-party presidential candidates on the topic of energy and gasoline prices. More will probably be forthcoming, as it’s judged politically unwise these days to challenge too directly the suicidal lunacy that holds America can remain prosperous by turning her back on the coal and oil that fast-growing […]
In response to my recent piece on enforcing our established immigration laws (I did not mention the potential effectiveness of machine guns and land mines, which would be the first resort of any statesman or military commander who really wanted to “secure our borders,” the avoidance of such obvious tools thus demonstrating that every public […]
Around this time in the presidential election cycle, Democratic candidates traditionally start “running to the center.” With a wink and a nudge to their core, far-left constituencies, the candidates in effect say, “For the next five months I’m going to sound like a small-government Republican, talking about tax cuts and free enterprise and a strong […]
Why a presidential caucus or primary? Last fall, officials for both “major” Nevada parties were loudly celebrating “all the new people this will bring into the process.” Then, when those people actually showed up at their state conventions this spring, chaos ensued. The Democrats hadn’t rented a big enough room for enough time to even […]
The current president, George W. Bush, is not a gifted orator. Oratory seems to be one of those things no one thinks matters much in a president — until it goes missing. Those who dislike the current president may cite any of a dozen policy issues. But they rarely fail to mention how they cringe […]
The question posed by one local letter-writer — “If the Democratic Party can’t successfully stage a convention in a city that hosts hundreds of conventions a year, how will they fare at something really complicated, like running our country?” — is not entirely fair. Local Clark County (Las Vegas) political conventions, for either major party, […]
Most states will issue a form of driver’s license to those who are barred from driving, either legally or due to some physical impairment. These documents bear a prominent notice that they do not authorize the bearer to actually drive a motor vehicle. Some wags call them “walkers’ licenses.” To those unfamiliar with American culture, […]