Getting Back To Fundamentals
by Chris Shugart I don’t think anyone would dispute that our government can be a complex bureaucracy that’s expensive to run and often difficult to control. Year after year, they pass more laws,...
View ArticleNational Health Squad: You Have Nothing to Lose But Your Calories
by Chris Shugart I take little comfort in knowing that our politicians are so concerned about our health. These elected but misguided do-gooders seem to have an answer for all of our over-indulgences....
View ArticleA Spoonful of Bureaucracy
by Chris Shugart NYC Mayor Bloomberg is certainly not lacking in confidence. He hasn’t backed down an inch in his crusade to achieve a safe and healthy city based on his own all-knowing personal...
View ArticleThe Government our American Founders Warned Us About
by Chris Shugart In one sense, Republicans and Democrats are nearly the same. While they may have different philosophies that motivate their actions, the results are usually identical: An impenetrable...
View ArticleSurviving Without Government
by Chris Shugart Some people automatically assume a government shutdown is a bad thing. But before we jump to any hasty conclusions, let’s consider a few governments that probably should have been shut...
View ArticleI Know A Dead Parrot When I See One
by Chris Shugart Hey, who remembers Baghdad Bob, Saddam Husseins’s Information Minister during the Iraqi war? His blatantly-in-denial reports on the undeniably successful American invasion into his...
View ArticleSenator Barbara Boxer, Obsessive-Compulsive
by Chris Shugart Freudian psychoanalysis doesn’t ordinarily figure into my vocabulary. But in this case I think “anal retentive” best describes Senator Barbara Boxer’s recent introduction of Senate...
View ArticleEnemies of the State
by Chris Shugart Totalitarian nations, dictatorships, and police states don’t happen overnight. They start out as supposedly good ideas with considerable support from the citizenry. In fact, history...
View ArticleMy Cat Made Me Do It
At first I thought this was a parody. It took a couple of times to realize that this was for real. Childish, naive, and a little bit creepy. Sort of what Sesame Street might have looked like if it had...
View ArticleWhen Playing the Nazi Card, At Least Get It Right
Using the Nazi analogy to discredit political opponents is a popular game that seems to work best as a substitute for honest criticism. Although such comparisons usually do little more than expose...
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