Confirmation Hearings Should Not Be Clown Shows Why do we even have confirmation hearings? Regardless of which party holds the presidency, confirmation hearings follow the same script. Senators from the President’s party ask questions, or make statements poorly disguised as questions, that paint the nominee as the virtuous public servant with the intellect of […]
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1 The Los Angeles Fires And Accountability “A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” (Thomas Paine) California Politicians are crying “now’s not the time to place blame” for the LA fires. And if you have the audacity to ignore them, then they accuse you of politicizing
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1 Roscoe Filburn’s clash with the federal government over the 1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) stands as one of the most infamous examples of government overreach in American history, showcasing how federal economic controls reshaped constitutional boundaries and individual freedoms. This case—culminating in the Supreme Court decision Wickard v. Filburn (1942)—redefined the scope of federal
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In the 1952 Novel “The Natural” a woman shoots 19-year-old baseball sensation Roy Hobbs. Hobbs had been lured to the hotel room of a female fanatic. She asks Hobbs if he is the greatest baseball player ever. He answers “yes”. She shoots Hobbs in the stomach. Why she shoots him is left to the reader
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