Mar 10, 2025
He didn’t say what the American Dream means, but he seems to be using it as shorthand for the aspiration of ordinary Americans to achieve prosperity through their own merit , aspirations choked by high taxes, excess regulation, and preferments based on social categories
Feb 28, 2025
We need to cut the deficit, pay down the national debt, and lower taxes. To do any of them we have to stop wasting federal money on things the government shouldn’t do and those it does badly. The National Park Service isn’t one of them.
Feb 21, 2025
We have honored George Washington more than any other American. A state and dozens of cities, towns, and counties are named for him, as are mountains, parks, universities, bridges, highways, and streets.
Feb 14, 2025
The problem is that once the government is involved in the marketplace for anything in a big way it warps the market. When it leaves the marketplace, it can do the same thing.
Feb 7, 2025
The common law principle of birthright subjection made no sense in our republic, where citizenship is a relationship between the people and the government is subordinate to citizens, subject to their will.
Feb 3, 2025
Children born to people residing illegally in the United States are citizens of the nation to which their parents belong, they may apply to become naturalized citizens of the United States when they are eligible to do so under law.
Jan 25, 2025
We can begin by blaming Alexander Hamilton, who proposed vesting our chief executive with the power during the Constitutional Convention. We should pardon him for not imagining how the power would be abused in our time.
Jan 17, 2025
Jimmy Carter warned against self-indulgence and materialism. He advocated personal independence, self-sufficiency, conservation, and the pursuit of happiness beyond material wealth.