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Irreducible complexity

It is the height of either arrogance or stupidity to reduce any idea below its point of natural complexity in order to cast someone else as lacking intellect because of a disagreement over philosophy or practice. I grant that there … Continue reading

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Backlash

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. –The Tenth Amendment, the United States Constitution …Whenever any Form of Government … Continue reading

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The self-executing republic

The threat to use the so-called self-executing rule to pass health care legislation by the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives represents the latest example of a growing trend on the part of the oligarchs in government at all … Continue reading

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And now, the real State of the Union

Citizens of the United States, 223 years ago, fellow citizens now passed-on gathered and created a document designed to embody the ideals first enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and in the blood shed during the twelve-year-long war for independence … Continue reading

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Paying the piper

According to the New York Times, by 2019, we will be paying $500 billion, or 347%, more to service the interest on our national debt than we will this year. Interestingly, that’s about the same time various private and government … Continue reading

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