Government Cruelty: The Excess Burdens of Taxation
George Bush’s secretary of labor nominee, Linda Chavez, withdrew her nomination under charges of hiring a worker and not paying minimum wages plus applicable taxes. This was just character assassination by those who didn’t want to see her confirmed because...The “Control Freak” Package Deal
You often hear the phrase “control freak” used in a negative sense. I have even used it myself to describe authoritarian personalities. Authoritarian personalities are people who place a desire to be “right” (that is, seen as right) above the...Privacy Applies To Private Affairs, And Not To The Government Actions: Reviving the Right to Know
Whatever else may be said about the Clinton era, the past eight years have not been kind to those who believe the public’s business should be conducted in public. Restoring an appreciation in the nation’s capital for the people’s right to know should...Clinton’s 29,000 Commandments
With just a week left before the new president takes office, our government is engaged in a frenzy of lawmaking.No, Congress has not convened to consider legislation, and no, your elected representatives will not decide whether these new federal rules go into effect....The Destruction of Martin Luther King’s Dream of a Colorblind Society
As we commemorate King’s birth it is depressing to note how far America has deviated from the “dream.:
