Today we celebrate the 222nd anniversary of the completion of the United States Constitution by a hardy assemblage of patriots in 1787, meeting for four months in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. (more…)
(Wellfleet, MA – July 20) This is a small Cape Cod community –about 500 people when I was growing up- now part of Massachusetts’ National Seashore Park. It’s also home (more…)
“We must never forget it is a Constitution we are expounding”- Chief Justice John Marshall (more…)
Typically in the wake of disasters there is a mess to clean up. California’s interminable budget crisis qualifies as an ongoing disaster. (more…)
“In political arithmetic, two and two do not always make four.” Alexander Hamilton quoted this old maxim in the Federalist Papers (more…)
(Denver Post, Feb. 15) How dumb do they think we are? The state is in a $600 million hole because Gov. Bill Ritter and Democratic legislators ignored advice from Republicans – and even some fellow Democrats – to restrain spending and save for a rainy day. Now those same spendthrifts want us to remove constitutional guardrails so they can rev the budget again (more…)
Paul Weyrich, conservative organizer par excellence, died today at his home in Washington DC after a long and painful illness (more…)
As some of you may have heard, PERA, Colorado’s Public Employee Retirement program, has got a little problem. (more…)