“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Protection and parental rights
Protecting children from abuse and neglect is a serious duty, and there is no doubt that the authorities who are charged with that duty have no easy job. But what rights do government authorities have over our children when abuse and neglect aren’t at issue? Today in my Washington Times Communities Pages column, I look […]
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The myth of limited government
The Constitution is the framework that sets the boundaries for the government. It establishes the institutions of the three branches and sets forth what they must do and what they must not. The Bill of Rights, in particular, limits what the government can do to citizens. That’s what the whole “Congress shall make no law” […]
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Your thought for the day
Apparently, Washington is getting closer to an agreement on the continuing resolution and the debt ceiling. Meanwhile, they’re working furiously to fix problems revealed with the ACA rollout. My thoughts on all of that: It is suggestible that one can treat the dysfunction either with the Kamagra tablet, and if you cannot swallow buy […]
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And what have we learned?
In my Washington Times Community Pages column, I’ve been posting an interview/primer on the budget process with Norm Ornstein, congressional scholar and political scientist at the American Enterprise Institute. If you haven’t read those, you should read them before continuing. Part 1 and Part 2. And now the last section of the interview is a […]
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Debt nostalgia
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A little (more) fiscal education
Yesterday I posted the first part of my interview with Norman Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. In that section of the interview, he laid out the process as it’s supposed to run: Congress passes a budget resolution in April or May. Every year. Concurrently each house of Congress passes 12 appropriations […]
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#%*$, Communities, Congress, Constitution, economy, government misconduct, legislation, U.S. Constitution
You had one job, Congress, and you blew it.
Actually, they have more than one job, but allocating spending is a big one. To wit, Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution says, “No money shall be drawn from the treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law; and a regular statement and account of receipts and expenditures of all public money shall […]
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XKCD says what we’re all thinking
A link because there is a bit of foul language, and I like people to have a choice. More stories of the executive branch shutting down private businesses and evicting private citizens from property they own that is on federal land. (And if you’re curious, no this didn’t happen in the 17 previous shutdowns.) Let […]
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The hot mess continues
Day 3 of the shutdown and things are looking no better than on day one. It doesn’t look like the Republicans have any idea how to get themselves out of this mess because the whole idea of shutdowns is that it forces the two sides to come together and compromise. It’s like they haven’t been paying attention […]
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Political Theater
The nation’s 18th government shutdown has begun and will likely continue for another two weeks. In past shutdowns, both sides have tried to make the other side look as bad as possible in public, while negotiating to end the shutdown behind the scenes. This time, there probably won’t be any negotiations between House and Senate […]
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