“Good people” seek equality, opportunity, peace, protection, and a reasonable degree of prosperity. They want their governments to guarantee a level playing field, where none are given unfair advantages, political preferences, special tax breaks, or other benefits that favor only the self-interest of a privileged few. When governments prevent us from enjoying these needs, we […]
Tyranny … What Is It Really?
Tyranny is a social disease. It “appears” in the form of a ruler wielding absolute control over a people who choose to remain powerless to do anything but submit to be ruled. Its roots, however, are in the people themselves. People who choose to remain powerless. People who refuse to perform the great deeds of […]
Good Law v Bad Law
What makes good law “good” and bad law “bad”? As children playing made-up games we knew when a rule was un-fair. The idea of fairness and Justice wasn’t complicated. We didn’t need a law school degree. If a rule wasn’t fair to one, then it wasn’t fair to anyone. We stuck to that premise. We […]