This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 5 Here All of this is the natural result of the Angry & Afraid worldview. In reality, the Hopeful & Helpful people in both the Democratic and Republican Parties, as well as the H² independents and members of minor parties, really do … [Read more...]
The 8 Facets of Freedom, Part 3
May 19, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here There are six great basic traditions of freedom, each enjoying differing levels of support from various political and social groups. These include the following: Political freedom Economic freedom Religious freedom Individual … [Read more...]
The 8 Facets of Freedom, Part 2: The Real Divide
May 18, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 3 Here Read Part 4 Here Read Part 5 Here The Real Divide Unlike elementary or high school culture, and unlike college, career and even adult culture, the real divide takes us all the way back to kindergarten. Indeed it is one of those key lessons that we all should have … [Read more...]
Unintended Consequences of Arizona’s Recent Immigration Law
May 5, 2010 by 37 Comments
In 1850, French economist Frederic Bastiat penned the essay "That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen" to illustrate how lack of foresight relates to the law of unintended consequences. Through a series of examples, including the parable of the "Broken Window," Bastiat demonstrated that we tend to view only the immediate visible effects of … [Read more...]
Postmodern Politics: Individualist or Relationship-Based?
April 26, 2010 by 6 Comments
Confidence in human institutions is fading. Modernism is slowly losing its foothold as many human beings are seeing that institutions are unable to deliver the happiness they claim to provide. In fact, many are beginning to see the authoritarian nature of most human institutions as a limit to their pursuit of happiness, an encroachment on … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 4: The New Federalism
April 23, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 4 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Read Part 3 Here But there is hope. Some of the institutional safeguards compromised away, such as federalism and the Tenth Amendment, are making a comeback in modern Supreme Court jurisprudence. Supreme Court decisions over the last decade have again invoked the … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 3: The Historical, Jurisprudential Shift To Individualism
April 22, 2010 by 1 Comment
This is part 3 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Mediating entities are the glue that holds society together. For Tocqueville, the “intellectual and moral associations” provided by these mediating entities were so important that “nothing . . . more deserve[d] attention.” How then did we get to the point in modern … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes, Part 2: Mediating Entities
April 21, 2010 by 2 Comments
This is part 2 of a 5-part article. Read Part 1 Here So what are "mediating entities" and why are they essential to a free society? The word mediate comes from the Latin mediare, which means “to be in the middle.” A mediator is one who stands in the middle of a dispute to help the parties find a common-ground resolution to the … [Read more...]
Changing Lanes: Circumventing Individualism Through Jurisprudential Policy, Part 1
April 20, 2010 by 4 Comments
This is part 1 of a 5-part article. The National Platform of the Libertarian Party defends the view that “all individuals have the right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner … [Read more...]
The Anti-Federalists, Entrepreneurship, & the Future of Freedom, Part 3: States & Courts
April 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is part 3 of a 6-part article. Read Part 1 Here Read Part 2 Here Anti-Federalist Prediction #3: Power Will Flow Away From the States Prediction: Power will flow consistently away from the states and increase the scope, size, and power of the federal government. Only major crisis, where the federal government falls, will ever send … [Read more...]
