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The Splintered Republican Party
Since last summer the Republican Party has been splintered so it should come as no surprise when Super Tuesday is more of the same. There are three reasons why: First, Mitt Romney has not been able to...
View ArticleSaying Goodbye to Machiavelli
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.” In other words, hit him so hard he can’t get back up. “Men are so simple and so much inclined to...
View ArticleBye-Bye Moderate Mitt
No one claims to be ideologically extreme or an unbending partisan. Yet here we are, in the midst of one of the most politically polarized times in memory. So if nobody likes it (or says they don’t),...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of Gun Control Laws
Like clockwork it has happened. Anytime there is a shooting there is a call for stricter gun control laws. Whether in reaction to the recent shootings in Tulsa, the school shootings in Ohio and...
View ArticleSeparation Between Church and State
In the 1960 presidential election, Richard Nixon’s Republican base warned the nation that if John F. Kennedy were to be elected the Pope would run the country. It was thought that because Kennedy was...
View ArticleThe Founders in Today’s Politics
The Republican Party has lost its monopoly on the Founding Fathers. It is common practice for Republican supporters and politicians to invoke the Founding Fathers when they debate those on the left....
View ArticleEducation is Not a Right
As a college professor, and before that as a student, I have never heard a student complain about his rights being violated because a class was cancelled. Nor have I ever heard a student thank a...
View ArticleThe Inevitability of Misinterpretation
When I teach U.S. Constitutional Law I like to begin the semester with Plato’s Phaedrus. It may seem an odd choice, as my students are usually taken by surprise when we start reading a book that begins...
View ArticleSoda Jerk: Bloomberg and the Big Gulp
While Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s fine on 44oz or larger sodas has gotten most of the national attention, Richmond, CA will have a proposal on November’s ballot for a tax on sugary drinks that has gone...
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