May 17, 2013

The IRS Patriots

For those of us throwbacks still grumbling over the early 20th century Progressive zeitgeist that laid the foundations of modern America's political absurdities, it's a wonder that the IRS even exists at all: America was, after all, supposed to be th...

May 4, 2013

This Thing Called ObamaCare

At a recent press conference, President Obama delivered a reassuring announcement to the millions of Americans who are wary of the upcoming deluge of ObamaCare's full implementation: "For the average American out there, for the 85 and 90 pe...

April 28, 2013

Government as Entropy

On May 15th, 1862, the thirty-seventh Congress passed into law the creation of the United States Department of Agriculture. Its purpose, as the law explained, was "to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connec...

April 25, 2013

The Education of the Romeiki Family

One of the great moments in this author's academic career came when I dropped out of public high school to return to homeschool. My mother marched into the principal's office and informed the administration that she would be taking me out. The princi...

April 22, 2013

The Stages of Grief -- the Gun Control Version

If you or a like-minded progressive has recently suffered a crippling blow to your most fervent efforts at gun control, we know how you feel. Every American liberal has, at some time or another, experienced a deep and distressing loss regarding their...

April 19, 2013

'Pro-Choice' Only Goes so Far

The media's relative radio silence concerning Kermit Gosnell's baby butchery is well-documented at this point, so it's hardly worth mentioning that it will likely continue to be underreported and undercared about by most Americans. Yet still, another...

April 17, 2013

Reproductive Justice in Philadelphia

After the widespread media uproar that resulted from the exposure of Kermit Gosnell's baby-butchering abortion clinic...  Oops, sorry, let's try that again. After the widespread media silence that resulted from the exposure of Kermit Gosnell's b...

April 11, 2013

Raw Federal Power

After four years of careful deliberation, the Food and Drug Administration has decided to continue enforcing a ban on interstate raw milk sales. According to the grand bureaucracy, the lifting of the ban is not "in the public interest," nor will it "...

April 7, 2013

The Gun Control Paradox

As the new and improved Assault Weapons Ban is debated, it is instructive to study the strange circular logic used by gun control proponents to justify the banning of certain weapons for civilian use. At the heart of most gun-control efforts is a de...