Category: Big Government

Why Dreamhost is our host

by SP | Aug 16, 2017 | Admin, Big Government, Federal Power, First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Privacy | 123

SP explains.

The (Small-l) Libertarian Case For a Non-Libertarian President

by sloopyinca | Aug 7, 2017 | Advice, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, Guns, Liberty, Markets, National Security, Opinion, Politics, Rant, Regulation, Rule of Law, Supreme Court, Taxes | 302

What is libertarianism’s best strategy to gain a legitimate amount of power nationally (and then happily cede it to the people)?
Sloopy believes there is a third, and overlooked, option.

My Take on the Obamacare Repeal – For Me, It’s Personal

by Guest Contributor | Aug 3, 2017 | Big Government, Health Care, Markets, Obamacare, Opinion, Politics | 279

The Other Kevin elaborates on the difficulties shopping for health insurance with a preexisting condition

First Shots Fired in the Tax Wars

by Old Man With Candy | Jul 22, 2017 | Big Government, Media, Taxes | 193

Get ready for new levels of dishonesty as we start to fight the tax wars. And we already know the losers… us, of course.

The states and grand juries, Part Three: Reformers weaken, and in some cases destroy, the right to a grand jury

by The Fusionist | Jul 14, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Crime, Death Penalty, Deep State, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Opinion, Religion, Rule of Law | 95

“When Dr. [Samuel] Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform.” – Roscoe Conkling

A Story that has No Moral

by Old Man With Candy | Jul 12, 2017 | Big Government, Opinion, Rant | 242

When you mash together incompetence, entitlement, compulsion, and big government, there are no good answers.

The states and grand juries, Part Two: Historical vignettes of grand juries under siege

by The Fusionist | Jul 10, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Cops, Crime, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, Liberty, Media, Racism, Rant, Religion, Rule of Law, Supreme Court | 53

Rather than give a comprehensive history of the victories of “reformers” who curtailed grand-jury rights in state after state, let me attempt to give some historical vignettes, and tie these vignettes together with some semblance of narrative coherence. Then later, I’ll give an account of the triumph of the reformers in their battle against the grand jury.

James Comey: Jilted Lover or Spineless Chump?

by sloopyinca | Jun 8, 2017 | Beefcake, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Deep State, Executive Branch, Federal Power, N/A, Politics, Right to Repair | 265

Comey is gutless or Comey is grinding his axe. I’ve made my decision. Please discuss yours in the comments.

Selling liberty: Small government, good government

by PieInTheSKy | May 24, 2017 | Big Government, Liberty | 149

PieInTheSky examines the paradox of efficient big government.

Separation of college and sex

by The Fusionist | May 8, 2017 | Big Government, Constitution, Crime, Education, Federal Power, Gender, Higher Education, History, Opinion, Rant, Regulation, Sexuality, Society, Womyn | 97

I’ve just finished The Campus Rape Frenzy, by K. C. Johnson and Stuart Taylor, Jr. The...

Derp Classics

by Derpetologist | May 3, 2017 | Big Government, Rant | 150

A video compilation of derp.

Space Law

by Guest Contributor | May 2, 2017 | Big Government, Liberty, Markets, Rule of Law, Science, Technology | 121

Rick C-137 explores the nascent field of LAWS… IN… SPACE…

The Derponomicon: Part 7

by Derpetologist | May 1, 2017 | Big Government, Rant | 183

I could eat alphabet soup and shit something that makes more sense than this. In this installment...

Modeling U.S. Energy Policy

by Guest Contributor | Apr 25, 2017 | Big Government, Economy, Energy, Markets, Regulation, Subsidies | 117

Part two of {|}===[|}:;:;:;:;:;:;:>’s exploration of the impact of energy regulation.

Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part Two – The dirty books episode

by The Fusionist | Apr 20, 2017 | Art, Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Economy, Executive Branch, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Politics, Religion | 42

I found a way to simultaneously discuss sex and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff.

Mormons and the Bill of Rights, Part One – Too Many Wives

by The Fusionist | Apr 17, 2017 | Big Government, Children, Congress, Constitution, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 136

Hiram and Prudence and Elizabeth and Alice and Jennifer

Moonshine and Communism

by Guest Contributor | Apr 10, 2017 | Big Government, Food & Drink, Markets | 166

PieInTheSky regales us with boozy history from his homeland–Romania!

Looking into their hearts and fighting harder (Fourth and final episode of the Berger trilogy)

by The Fusionist | Apr 5, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Crime, Federal Power, First Amendment, History, Religion, Supreme Court | 138

“Don’t worry, Mr. Bingham, we’ll take good care of your Fourteenth Amendment while you’re away in Japan.”

Being An Account of My Most Arduous Attempts to Establish a Relationship with International Jewry

by Gojira | Apr 4, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Deep State, Economy, Federal Power, Finance, Jews, National Security, Rant, Regulation | 145

In which Gorjira persists. All for you people. I said it–you people.

Raoul Berger, Originalism and the Bill of Rights, Part Three – Nixon, with Berger and Fries

by The Fusionist | Apr 3, 2017 | Big Government, Congress, Constitution, Executive Branch, Federal Power, History, National Security, Politics, Supreme Court | 65

Tax resistance as treason? – Who gets to snoop on whom? – Impeachment

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