Commentary

Undiscovered Country

I don’t know who said it, but I’ve heard the future described as the undiscovered country. Today, I have some undiscovered country to ponder with you.

251 – Is a federal Minimum Wage law Constitutional?

There’s a lot of talk lately about a new federal minimum wage. I thought this would be a good time not only to ask the question, is it constitutional, but to look at a couple of supreme Court cases about it from our history.

250 – Does government rule the people?

This country was formed with a radical idea, that the people rule the government rather than the government ruling the people. That idea has been eroded almost since the beginning. But the rate at which the people have voluntarily given up their sovereignty to become servants of government has exploded over the last few decades. So today I want to ponder the power structure the Framers created, compare it to how we live today, and consider some ideas to preserve rights and liberties in America.

232 – New Year

As we prepare to celebrate the end of 2020, there is one resolution I hope you make this year.

230 – Christmas

Let’s take a few minutes in what has been a crazy 2020, and recognize why we should celebrate America in this holiday season.

228 – Enforcing Illegal Laws by Other Means

We’ve seen plenty of examples of governments enforcing unconstitutional laws. But what happens when they find other ways of enforcing their illegal laws by other means?

227 – Bill of Rights Day

On December 15th, 1791, the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified and became part of the U.S. Constituiton. However, there is more to the story than just the names and dates.

Why is our Bill of Rights included as amendments to the Constituiton rather than part of the original document? How was it created? Why was it created? And what is the state of the Bill of Rights today, in the 21st century? Let’s celebrate the 229th anniversary of these amendments by finding the answers to those questions.

226 – Ministries of “Truth”?

In George Orwell’s 1984, the government had a ministry who’s purpose was to keep the people uninformed, misinformed, confused, deceived, and directed where they wanted. this ministry was called the “Ministry of Truth”. In 2020 we have our own “Ministries of Truth”. But they are not run by government, they are run by private citizens.