Posted by KL Johnson on October 4, 2013 · 5 Comments
This time, the sky really is falling Shutdown 2013 is really not a budget negotiation. IT IS NOT. You do not pass and repeal laws in the United States of America through budget negotiations. Then what is this, really? What are the buffoons and shucksters in Congress at a stalemate over? Well, this time, it’s about nothing short of our democratic system of self-governance, which hangs in the balance: that would be Majority Rule by the people, through their elected representatives, as envisioned by the Founding Fathers and borne out in our Constitution. The terms being thrown around – “economic…
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Posted by KL Johnson on March 25, 2013 · 25 Comments
“We are not endeavoring to chain the future, but to free the present. We are not forging fetters for our children, but we are breaking those our fathers made for us. We are the advocates of inquiry, of investigation and thought. This, of itself, is an admission that we are not perfectly satisfied with all our conclusions.” – Robert Ingersoll FEAR AND FAIRNESS As fallible human beings, we are typically guided by either fear or fairness. Fairness is an inherently American concept that has animated and defined our country from inception. We care deeply about fundamental fairness. And what is…
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