tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17779707654045656152011-12-12T08:59:41.011-06:00Common good is founded in the responsibility of the individual.Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.comBlogger3291100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-37744699763156944242010-11-17T20:08:00.007-06:002010-11-17T20:08:00.191-06:00

I am feeling a little down on the greatest generation lately. It may be a product of having lived with my grandparents for a time, and having a keen appreciation of history and the defining struggles that shaped their generation, but previously, the "greatest generation" could do no wrong in my eyes. But we all have lessons to learn, and the sheen of our youthful naivete eventually wears off.

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http://redtape.msnbc.com/2010/11/the-secret-sauce-behind-bloated-state-pensions.html Shocked as hell that MSNBC is reporting on this. From where I sit in my bureaucratic school district paper-pusher job, I can attest to the truth in these deplorable shenanigans. Needless to say, as a twenty-something, I expect to pay for the retirement of others through the ponzi schemes of social security and

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Follow the link below for an excellent article on the fallacy that setting wages (for example, teacher's salaries and the car maunufacture industry), protects workers.  It is titled "The 1822 Refutation of the Spitalfields Act of Wage and Price Controls," by Anders Mikkelson, and it is a commentary that stems from The Man vs. the State by Herbert Spenser...yet another book that I wish I had

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Man I do love a good recession! Who doesn’t? Maybe I need to clarify. Recessions occur when resources in the market are misallocated. Say someone builds a widget that sold very quickly and for a high price, so everyone took their investing dollars and started making the widgets. Soon, the market was flooded with widgets, and demand crashed. Prices crashed as well, widget companies had to lay

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I need to take a moment to clarify a point. People in the Baby Boomer generation and older keep talking about how they don’t want their children and grandchildren to be saddled with the debts of today. I have an unfortunate truth for those who have reared the children and grandchildren that you are so worried about. What makes you think that we are going to pay this debt? What in our society

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In contrast to the last post (Daniel Hannan's interview on Uncommon Knowledge), I present the following: Apparently this is what passes for common knowledge in Liberal/Progressive America.  More on John Maynard Keynes will be posted in the coming months.  I will forgive people not knowing about him, since our whole nation seems resistant to learning.  But there is no excuse for not being

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Daniel Hannan is a member of the EU Parliament representing Great Britain. He has a keen eye for recognizing the economic fallacies that have led to the decline of Europe, and hopes to reach people in the United States with the message that we are trotting the same path, and we must turn back to our original intent: maximum liberty in the hands of the people, with the government present to

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Legerdemain -a noun meaning an artful trick or slight of hand; trickery, deception. Good word, right?

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A lot of bloviating goes on here at the MC, but it all boils down to this: [G]overnment power is inherently limited by the role of other social institutions, such as families, religious congregations, schools, and businesses. The rightful authority of these institutions helps to check the authority of the state. ... As government claims responsibility for more tasks, it absorbs the allegiance

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In America the one foundational aspect of justice is that she must be blind.  The oath that the Supreme Court Justices must take is: I, [NAME], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich, and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as [TITLE] under

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When we read the Constitution, we focus on the parts of government listed. Article One talks about the Legislative Branch, Article Two about the Executive Branch, etc. But the most important branch of the American government is in the very first line of the Preamble: We the people. The people are the only arm of the government that hold enough power to actually enter into an agreement such as

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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704554104575435942829722602.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#articleTabs=articlearticleTabs=article Please read this short article. In the beginning, the author takes a moment to address his working relationship with Glenn Beck. But once you get past that, the article gets to a very important point: Other leading progressives such as Frank J. Goodnow,

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It seems like a contradiction to say that we need to focus more on ourselves to get rid of our egos, but there is a logic to it. In modern American society we focus on giving our opinions about everything around us. We act as though our ability to blather on gives us the expertise to require others to listen. It is all one loud drone of needless judgment. Instead of focusing on putting our

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http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/cuba-understands-what-us-does-not.aspx This article relates to the Cuba post from the other day. It talks about how public pensions, meaning the retirement pensions that people who work for the government or public sector receive, are draining the Cuban economy. The government promised benefits that it can no longer deliver.

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A person worth knowing about, if you don’t already, is Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III. He was the Attorney General under Ronald Reagan, and he reinvigorated the fight for an originalist perspective of the Constitution. The Constitution is viewed differently be progressives and conservatives. Progressives want to view the Constitution within the context of our own time. They feel that

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For those who are interested in extending their Constituitional knowledge beyond the Chronicle's school pamphlet, check out this site... http://www.hillsdale.edu/KirbyCenter/events/default.asp Hillsdale College is a private university in Michigan that does not take public funds, in an effort to keep their scholarship clean from conflicts of interest.  Within the school, they have the Kirby

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In light of our government's ability to revel in the absurd, today we celebrate Constitution Day! The fact that the government enacted a law requiring any tax-payer funded school to spend a day celebrating and teaching the Constitution is in fact, unconstitutional.  The government cannot mandate education like that, contrary to the opinions of the NEA, the Obama Administration, and all the

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I like Old Navy as a store.  Cute clothes for not too much money, good discounts every now and then.  But then I got this advertisement in my email this morning.  I get it. As far as businesses are concerned, instant gratification does indeed rule.  It is a useful tool in their marketing arsenal, and I don't begrudge them their power to sell.  But has our consumer culture gone so far off the

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From the Heritage Foundation’s Morning Bell article, “Obamacare vs. the Rule of Law.” Professor of Political Science Ronald Pestritto explains: The Founders understood that there are two fundamental ways in which government can exercise its authority. The first is a system of arbitrary rule, where the government decides how to act on an ad hoc basis, leaving decisions up to the whim of whatever

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68D0FG20100914 The communist nation of Cuba is moving to privatize many of the jobs that are currently held by government workers. Following the communist revolution which brought Fidel Castro to power, all of the businesses in Cuba were brought under government control. Currently 85% of Cubans work in public sector jobs, and the government cites

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There is a new poll out that asked Americans whether or not they think that the tax cuts should be extended (I am not directly citing the source of the poll because I could not find it again after an exhaustive 2 minute internet search. Read #2 in my 100 things if you haven’t already). There were three options for answers. One said that we should let the tax cuts expire for everyone. That was

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Just thinking out loud here… Progressives seemingly would like to get rid of religion in the public sphere. And yet, they do not have to attack religion (an issue that would shut down their operation). It’s brilliant on their part. They have created this myth that religion should have absolutely nothing to do with our government. They do not proclaim that the federal government should not

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One important point to keep in mind when educating yourself is that the typical “content area” divisions should be ignored. Self-education should not be categorized like a college course catalog. Do not just learn History. You must learn history, political science, art, literature, rhetoric, anthropology, sociology, and so much more at the same time. This does not be more work; it means more

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This is one for the "It's all just semantics" crowd, but language matters, and so it is important to know the difference. History: Anything within the time since the human written record began. This is roughly 5000 B.C.E. (Beginning with Sumerian Cuneiform). We have symbols that go back further, but they do not communicate the events of time and place the way that formal writing does.

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They are gravelling over paved roads in the United States of America. We forget how vulnerable we all are. We forget how we are about seven good meals away from losing our civilization and reverting into barbaric animals. It takes a lot of effort and force of will to create and maintain civilized societies, and it takes very little to unravel them. I always wondered how the Dark Ages

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I was watching a documentary on the Medici family of Renaissance Italy the other night, and one of the historians commented on how Niccolo Machiavelli was the first to really separate politics from ethics. Granted, politicians had been separating politics from ethics for millennia in their actions, but it was still always assumed that those who held power did so because of their aptitude for

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In case you are unfamiliar with Milton Friedman, I have added a couple of videos to the video page where Milton demonstrates his brilliance. Please check them out.

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I was watching a video interview with Milton Friedman the other day, and I just cannot get one part of it out of my head. If you do not know who Milton Friedman is, you should look him up. He was an economist who successfully articulated the case against Keynesian economics (the current economic strategy of the Democrats in power). Friedman could, and will, be a whole post by himself one day, so

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There are a lot of topics that I have strong opinions about, but one keeps puzzling me. Part of the responsibility of being a citizen is educating oneself. We have public schools because the people who came before us understood that the populace needed to have an education in order to preserve our way of life. Children needed to have a well-rounded understanding of what makes us, us. The

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The website has a new look!  Thanks to Blogger's new pages feature, the site is now a little fuller.  Please browse around!  I hope to be adding a lot more in terms of educational material and links that should be helpful.  There is a lot to learn about our history and so it is helpful to have some starting points.  If you find any errors or have any thoughts on what else you might like to see

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There is not a lot of hope coming from this recession. I think most times people need something to spark the hope, and there haven’t been any indications that this recession is ending anytime soon. However, I am hoping for an ironic twist.The government has been working so hard to put a band-aid on a problem that requires a full bleeding of the patient. We should never have tried to stem the tide

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Arlington, United States of America Aisne-Marne, France Ardennes, BelgiumBrittany, France Brookwood, England Cambridge, England Corozal, PanamaEpinal, France Flanders Field, Belgium Florence, Italy Henri-Chapelle, France Lorraine, France Luxembourg, Luxembourg Manila, Phillipenes Meuse-Argonne, France Mexico City, Mexico Netherlands, Netherlands Normandy, France North Africa, Tunisia Oise-Aisne

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The Institute on Assets and Social Policy at Brandies University has come out with a new study that shows a four-fold increase in the wealth gap between black Americans and white Americans since the early 1980’s. This has led to a lot of commentary about the disparity between opportunities in the black community versus opportunities in the white community. This type of opinion does not focus on

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I need to clear up a semantic issue today that, like most semantic issues, is actually important when speaking for clarity, and particularly in political debate. The topic at hand is “The Common Good.” Now I know that most people think that slight differences in word meaning or nothing to concern oneself with (“Oh, it’s just semantics.”); however, in the political misspeak (whether through

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This little site is turning 300 posts old today. As with all milestones, it is a time of reflection (sense both the humor and sincerity here), and looking at where we came from.This blog was started as 2008 was turning into 2009. George W. Bush was on his way out, and Barack Obama was about to become the next president. I was not feeling great about the politics or the attitudes in this country,

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This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.-Benjamin FranklinI may have posted on this quote before (it is in the sidebar) ; I don’t remember. However, it is a good one. There is a lot of talk back

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I will preface this post by saying that I had a tremendous headache while writing it, and that it may be a little rough around the edges, and a tad incoherent and/or rambling. But in the theme of the post, I am not sorry, nor will I try to amend my words so that they are watered down as to not offend. I am so tired of the lies and jargon and catch phrases that fill the public world nowadays.

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The Houston Chronicle has a blog area of their website where they host guest bloggers who post about various religious topics. It is a very interesting place to peruse if you want to see what makes the type of people who comment on the religious blogs tick. Most of the posters speak very highly of their own intentions of civility and open-mindness, but I am not really one to trust people who

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If you are sick of the moral standard that politicians hold, just wait, it is about the get a lot worse.Currently, politicians have lost their way. They are confused by the people who are angry, the businesses that are angry, the donors that are angry, their colleagues that are angry, and they just don’t get it. The standard of morals has never been high in the world of politics. Even the exalted

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While the flood of entitlements coming from the government don’t seem to be slowing down, many in America are waking up to the danger of entitlements. Most, if not all, of these programs are not Constitutionally based, and they drain money away from the people, and the private sector while enslaving the population in a system of control from which they cannot escape. The problem is that these

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The trend lately is to aim high. Normally in America, that leads to things like landing on the moon within the decade. Nowadays, it means that we look to the federal government to bandage our paper cuts. In the name of helping people, the government has slowly and steadily taken from one body of citizens to give to another. The redistribution of goods, money, services, aid, and freedom has

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There is an important semantic distinction to be made between the words ‘Federalism’ and ‘Nationalism.’ Our nation was founded as a federation of states. This meant that we were a nation of independent states that agreed to be mutually governed in the mutually beneficial and specifically outlined circumstances of the Constitution.Now I want to be careful here when I speak. The founding fathers

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I am in love with this new idea. I don’t know all the details, but these are the topics we should be talking about instead of regurgitating healthcare nonsense over and over again for the 800th day in a row.There is a new proposed amendment to the Constitution that would limit the scope of the federal budget. It would require that congress keep the budget down to 20% or less of the GDP. According

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Fair warning: this is a rant against the media.We all know the political biases of the television news media, but even when the topic isn’t political, the news still falls far short of being worthy of our time. How many times do I need to hear about a kid whose name ends up on the no-fly terrorist list?“How did that feel, little Jimmy?”“It was scary.”“How did that feel, little Jimmy’s mom?”“It

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We have all heard the debates that end in base name calling with the implication that one’s opponent is inevitably a fascist. But all that those arguments reinforce is that the person doing the name calling lacks the information or the ability to employ that information to correctly state their point. Or, they have no point, but they do have a standing contract to fill so many hours of

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-66308118130016162092010-03-02T20:12:00.004-06:002010-03-02T20:21:05.365-06:00

So I am working on a post about the role of morality in America, and in societies in general. In true fashion, it is taking me while to tinker with exactly what I want to say. So instead of banging my head on the desk any longer, I figured that I would provide you with a hearty holiday wish: Happy Texas Independence Day!!! Contrary to what many believe, Texas did not receive its independence at

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-24878601545024086382010-02-24T17:35:00.002-06:002010-02-24T17:44:07.077-06:00

http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/24/morning-bell-president-obamas-pro-business-policies-are-killing-the-free-market/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBellIn an effort to understand the mess that we are in, I am rapidly becoming an economist and monetary policy expert. At least it feels expert when you understand more about the way it works than the talking heads on

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http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/SuperModels/greek-tragedy-is-just-the-first-act.aspx?page=1This article is really worth the read. It talks about the financial situation in Greece, and the resulting affects that could ripple throughout Europe and hit the US. Greece is drowning in their own debt, and as an EU nation that is on the Euro, they are dragging down the EU and the Euro with

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-20865862463034824202010-02-19T17:31:00.003-06:002010-02-19T17:33:33.963-06:00

In the wake of the Austin-plane-building incident, there has been a lot of talk, and a lot of people who, in their infinite expertise, have decided that they are the defining voice of clarity regarding the event. It is natural for people to search for answers and try to clarify and justify the bad things that happen in this world when events like this happen. And I will admit that the voices I

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It feels quite appropriate to me that the anniversary of the passing of the Stimulus bill falls on the first day of Lent. A time of reflection and penitence is in order.Our nation has fallen off track as a result of our cultural shifts and changing attitude about the role of government in our lives as citizens. This is not new. Although, I do not think that the American citizens of the early

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First of all, last Friday, I received incredible news: Mindful Citizen had been chosen by Erick Erickson of Redstate.com to participate in the Bloggers Lounge at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) this year (this week in fact). This was huge honor for this little blog site and I wish to say thank you to Mr. Erickson for the opportunity. There were only 100 seats available, and there

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Bureaucracies make me cry so hard I want to laugh. Innate within bureaucracies is the idea that the group of people in charge know better than the people that they are serving. That’s one problem right there. Further, when a bureaucracy runs into trouble, the first response is always that the people will all have to pitch in to help fix the misdeeds the leading group or person. So much for

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-87375436673385221462010-02-03T19:42:00.003-06:002010-02-03T19:50:36.411-06:00

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s the media again. The jawing on about how bad the media is these days is almost as bad as actually listening to the media these days. However, I do think that it can be fruitful to consider how we analyze and absorb the information that we take in.This morning, a news report came on that was supposed to be about the winners of the Illinois primary for the U.S. Senate seat.

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-4030574487232181632010-01-28T19:53:00.002-06:002010-01-28T20:00:31.151-06:00

I could spend a lot of time writing my thoughts about the State of the Union address. However, plenty of other people have done so today, and many of them have covered the same topics that I would address. I would like to cover the balance of power between the three branches of government. This is a valid topic on any day, but particularly after last night’s speech, I find it pertinent. The

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I want to take a minute to review the way that the word ‘populism’ is used today in the media. The word populism has many uses, often conflicting and confusing, and as such almost has no use. However, the media lately has been using the word quite a lot. Their use of the word is almost ironic considering their tone. Populism is usually seen as a political movement or action that is following

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-49347737539961887882010-01-23T10:41:00.005-06:002010-07-10T19:42:36.063-05:00

This past week, the Supreme Court handed down a very important decision that overturns previous decisions and reiterates the right to free speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution. The case was Citizens United vs. FEC. Citizens United is a group who put together a documentary against Hillary Clinton that they wanted to air during the last election cycle. The documentary was ruled as

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-62846263696562653832010-01-23T10:26:00.003-06:002010-01-23T10:40:44.496-06:00

Thursday of this past week, a gunman was captured after firing shot at the Texas State Capitol Building. No one was injured, and the gunman is in custody with a ridiculously high bail. Good.This morning, a news reporter indignantly stated that Governor Perry was not planning to enact stricter security measures at the capitol. The reporter seemed stunned that the governor was being so cavalier. I,

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-58607799172304389772010-01-03T18:40:00.003-06:002010-01-03T18:42:50.008-06:00

I am not exactly sure why, but when I was younger, I always looked at everyone through the lens of black and white. If a person made a bad decision, he was a bad person. One negative action could taint a person for life in my view. I always felt fiercely loyal to those that I approved of, and so to disappoint me was an utter betrayal. I could not let bygones be bygones and view people with a

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-38136184503962463792009-12-25T00:00:00.001-06:002009-12-25T00:00:00.840-06:00

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-16933508954952841312009-12-23T16:01:00.001-06:002009-12-23T16:01:00.408-06:00

In our society today, I cannot think of anything that is more coveted than money. People will seemingly do anything for money, or the consumer items that it brings. We feel worthless and defeated without it. So it is no wonder that our solution to educational problems is to throw money at it. That should add value to the education right? Wrong. Adding cost is not the same as adding

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-49948399581286171292009-12-21T15:47:00.001-06:002009-12-21T15:47:00.747-06:00

I will preface this by saying that I have not received a legal education, and I am not anywhere near the realm of expert in my opinions on legal matters. However, as an educated and clear-thinking citizen, I am having a problem with our court systems’ reliance on precedent, especially when precedent over-shadows written law, passed by legislatures, and the Constitution.I can understand the

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-81170246926086315362009-12-18T16:13:00.003-06:002009-12-18T16:34:08.303-06:00

I would like to take a moment to highlight the Toys for Tots program today. This charitable organization began in 1947 and was adopted by the US Marine Corp in 1948. Throughout the years, the organization has distributed over 400 million toys to over 188 million children. The goal of Toys for Tots is to instill hope and a patriot spirit in less fortunate children during the holidays. While

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-31417687686714417392009-11-30T15:32:00.001-06:002009-12-18T16:00:11.775-06:00

A hearty congratulations to the people of Honduras for striding through their governing difficulties to democratically elect a new leader.Sometimes in the United States, we seem to get hung up on the idea that we have a monopoly on democratic and republican ideals. We argue about our purpose in the world and come to blows over the idea of America as the great provider of democracy to the world.

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-44009414778543486782009-11-17T20:44:00.003-06:002009-11-17T20:54:53.778-06:00

I very much dislike political endorsements. I clearly already have issues with factions. I like the #10 Federalist Paper idea that factions can check each other’s ideas, but they can also lead to herding and bullying such as with our two party system.When you belong to a group, you are subscribing to the ideals of that group. If I were a doctor, I might join the Medical Association of Podunk,

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-7748345746553372382009-11-12T17:32:00.002-06:002009-11-12T17:42:22.620-06:00

I have been labeled a judgmental person, but I think that this is not a totally accurate label. When not editing myself for co-workers or mixed company, I tend to lose the PC nonsense and tell it like it is. I do this, not because I am an insensitive person, or because I do not appreciate “diversity.” In fact it is my appreciation of diversity that requires me to do this. I judge people to

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-9504739869762315622009-11-11T19:02:00.004-06:002009-11-11T19:33:06.762-06:00

What began as Armistice Day commemorating the end of WWI at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, is now a day to honor all veterans who have served under the United States flag in times of peace and war. Our Constitution, rights, and values as Americans would mean nothing without our soldiers to protect them. God Bless our American veterans.

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-47433694746594028152009-11-09T19:50:00.005-06:002009-11-09T20:08:13.004-06:00

I have written on Benjamin Franklin’s list of virtues before, but I would like to go back to them. I think that there is something important to be found in looking at the desire behind the virtues. Benjamin Franklin set out to manage and give order to his life, so that he was living the best life possible. This did not mean that he lived the most luxurious life possible, which is what most people

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-68261665491734249092009-11-06T21:22:00.001-06:002009-11-06T21:25:01.517-06:00

So let’s play along for a second and overlook the fact that the current healthcare bills up for vote are unconstitutional. Say we give the government the power to provide healthcare to the U.S. Citizens. We will forget that Medicare and Medicaid are running out of money. We will pretend that Democrats aren’t lying when they say that this bill will not add one dime to the deficit.I still have a

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-24185632642385849042009-11-03T19:25:00.003-06:002009-11-03T19:27:15.830-06:00

Recently a European court ruled that Italian public schools are not allowed to display the crucifix on school property. For details on the ruling, here is a link to the article:http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6700947.htmlI find so many things wrong with this article that I honestly do not know where to begin. Let’s start with the pendulum. The pendulum will always swing back and

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-29017105936870149382009-11-03T19:08:00.004-06:002009-11-03T19:25:13.027-06:00

Another point that I cannot shake from this article (found here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6700947.html) is that a European court holds sovereignty over Italian public schools. I will admit that I do not know the structure of European or Italian courts. However, this revocation of sovereignty is shocking to me. I feel that the sovereignty of a nation is tantamount to family

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-1455416438358770682009-10-26T17:50:00.002-05:002009-10-26T18:15:40.232-05:00

We are not nearly as unique as we like to think that we are. As a people, living in the modern world, remarkable things happen around us all the time, yet we have the same desires, fears, emotions, and attitudes as the people who founded this country. As I have stated here before, I like to romanticize the revolutionary period a bit too much, and so it is important to take an honest look at

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-35642241833699646902009-10-26T17:46:00.003-05:002009-10-26T17:50:02.911-05:00

seditionNoun: conduct or speech inciting rebellion against the authority of a state or monarch.Derivatives: seditious adjective seditiously adverb.Origin: Latin, from sed- ‘apart’ + itio ‘going’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-51694842688558121232009-10-23T16:12:00.003-05:002009-10-23T16:21:55.315-05:00

In creating and ratifying the Constitution, one of the primary concerns of the Founders was maintaining the rights of the states. The British colonies in America were not one large colony. They were thirteen individual colonies that were founded by different groups of people, and for different reasons. When coming together to form the United States, first under the Articles of Confederation,

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-42976944878976142402009-10-23T16:07:00.002-05:002009-10-23T16:11:30.271-05:00

myopia/miopi/Noun: 1) short-sightedness. 2) lack of foresight or intellectual insight.Derivatives: myopic adjective.Origin: from Greek muein ‘shut’ + ops ‘eye’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-52832740249395996612009-10-13T21:03:00.004-05:002009-10-13T21:17:39.370-05:00

Liberty is our right and too many people confuse it with being a privilege. It seems that all too often lately we are giving up our freedoms in an attempt to stop the slide. We are told that because of our previous ways, we caused the recession, and the world’s poor opinion of us, and the religious hatred against us. Therefore, we must be punished for living so freely. We must give up our liberty

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-19067648650322132302009-10-13T20:57:00.001-05:002009-10-13T21:03:51.142-05:00

acquiesce/akwiess/Verb: accept or consent to something without protest.Origin: Latin acquiescere, from quiescere ‘to rest’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-20182282044153368842009-10-12T17:02:00.004-05:002009-10-12T17:12:38.444-05:00

Type A personality that I am, I have been trying to define what exactly feels wrong about the way things are in the United States today. I think that we can all agree that there are problems; and we all seem to have different solutions. However, our differences on policy isn’t the only thing wrong. We have always had policy differences; this is not new. So what is the thing that is aiding

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-23751462658467492312009-10-12T16:57:00.001-05:002009-10-12T17:02:04.882-05:00

Excoriate/ikskoriayt/Verb: 1) chiefly Medicine damage or remove part of the surface of (the skin). 2) formal censure or criticize severely.Derivatives: excoriation noun.Origin: Latin excoriare ‘to skin’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-66467310338016530902009-10-12T16:49:00.002-05:002009-10-12T16:57:35.386-05:00

So no takers on the American Foreign Policy, huh? Yeah, it’s a thinker.I apologize for the crickets. Finding the time to be constantly vigilant is difficult. There are no excuses that are appropriate. Any attempts at such would just blame my schedule, my laziness (phrased as a need to find restorative time for myself, of coarse), and my need to detox from all of the political yammering.

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-47335002379285189722009-09-22T17:16:00.004-05:002009-09-22T17:20:08.542-05:00

Typical to most egotistical politically minded people in the younger generations, I feel that I have a good handle on domestic political issues. However, foreign policy is far more complicated. We have to throw out the concept that we are essentially working form the same starting page. In the United States, we can always start with the Constitution. We have that to look to as an agreed upon

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-62330655849806063862009-09-22T17:10:00.003-05:002009-09-22T17:13:57.773-05:00

fecklessAdjective: 1) ineffectual; feeble. 2) unthinking and irresponsible.Derivatives: fecklessly adverb fecklessness noun.Origin: from Scots and northern English dialect feck, from effeck, variant of effect.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-9090099667404283402009-09-14T17:24:00.003-05:002009-09-14T17:37:52.111-05:00

During the elections, the Obama campaign continually extolled the coming of a post-partisan time. They claimed that as president, Barack Obama would usher in a new era of bipartisanship. This would be the beginning of one big group hug, right?Wrong.Since coming into office, President Obama has not really shown leadership in a bipartisan effort. It could be argued that he has not shown

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-67922900522829715512009-09-14T16:57:00.003-05:002009-09-14T17:24:11.521-05:00

nihilism/nihiliz’m/Noun: 1) the rejection of all religious and moral principles. 2) Philosophy extreme scepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.Derivatives: nihilist noun nihilistic adjective.Origin: from Latin nihil ‘nothing’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-12963017943353756752009-09-12T23:25:00.003-05:002009-09-12T23:28:46.362-05:00

Here is a great article about the politicization of the economic sectors by Economics Professor Tyler Cowen. It is worth the read.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/business/economy/13econ.html?_r=1&ref=business

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-3699390027909543242009-09-11T15:38:00.003-05:002009-09-12T14:39:21.574-05:00

I think a lot about what makes us American. There is enough lip service given to the diversity of our nation. Dictionaries could be filled with the language of diversity that we have created in some backward attempt to try to hide a pride in self; shunning ourselves in the attempt to validate the importance of another (despite the fact that this restriction of independent thought minimizes our

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-26290781900848758262009-09-11T15:14:00.003-05:002009-09-11T15:38:37.913-05:00

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.At the going down of the sun and in the morningWe will remember them.-From “They Shall Not Grow Old” by Laurence Binyon

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I am still making my way through the Federalist Papers, and so I am sure that this post may be slightly uninformed. However, I have landed upon a flaw in the way that our government is set up that I cannot find a solution for. Most times I think that the Founding Fathers thought of everything, but even great men aren’t perfect. Clearly our government has run off-course, so the Founders did not

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-61974764327667463272009-09-08T18:13:00.002-05:002009-09-08T18:19:14.507-05:00

abrogate/abr gayt/Verb: formal repeal or do away with (a law or agreement).Derivatives: abrogation noun abrogator noun.Origin: Latin abrogare ‘repeal’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-59688817369153978462009-09-06T12:23:00.004-05:002009-09-06T12:34:27.886-05:00

Feel free to let me know if I am way off-base here.Please read the article linked to below.http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090904/pl_politico/26759The thing that strikes me most from this article is the denial of the family’s request in publishing this photo, with the reason given being that this man's image, as he lay dying, is part of something bigger than him, bigger, than his family. I

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-7007113746660672722009-09-06T12:18:00.004-05:002009-09-06T12:35:47.225-05:00

acumen/akyoom n, kyoom n/ Noun: the ability to make good judgements and take quick decisions.Origin: Latin, ‘sharpness, point’. [from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-52614705628917336582009-09-03T17:34:00.004-05:002009-09-06T12:18:43.423-05:00

Before reading the following two paragraphs, I ask that you look at the concept behind the words, and not the immediate facts in the words. Further explanation comes later in the post.I was reading something online recently that talked about the long range perspective of the Catholic Church. It posed the idea that the Catholic Church has basically been through it all, and that its unique

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quotidian/kwotiddi n/Adjective: 1) daily. 2) ordinary or everyday.Origin: Latin quotidianus, from cotidie ‘daily’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-72560943730773815422009-09-02T17:26:00.005-05:002009-09-08T18:33:20.443-05:00

Wow, I am jaded. I am so tired of all of the governmental interference and influence in the lives of private citizens that it has reached a crescendo. Today, while watching the news about President Obama urging citizens to get the swine flu shot when it becomes available, I actually found myself wanting to get swine flu just because, “You can’t tell me what to do!”Incredible, right?I understand

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Did you know that I am an heir of Bin Laden?According to Barack Obama’s campaign website (that is still a very active site), all of the people who watch Fox News and who have been labeled as right wing are heirs of Bin Laden. I do not care who gets the blame for this one. It is not the fault of one errant person. This is the work of a person whose culture has allowed them to think this way.

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hegemony/hijemm ni, higemm-/Noun: dominance, especially by one state or social group over others.Derivatives: hegemonic adjective.Origin: Greek hegemonia, from hegemon ‘leader’.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

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Again, the perspective that a conservative viewpoint is heartless is rearing its ugly head. It is not a new idea, but it has been effective in disarming conservative voices among those who only listen long enough to find validation of their own point, and who do not seek the truth.The difference between the liberal and conservative viewpoints is not the difference between helping others and not

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yeoman/yom n/Noun: historical 1 a man holding a small landed estate; a freeholder. 2 a servant in a royal or noble household. 3 Brit. a member of the yeomanry force.Derivatives: yeomanly adjective.Origin: probably from YOUNG + MAN.[from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

Kate Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08464327982864366893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1777970765404565615.post-41901526307343869982009-08-27T19:06:00.002-05:002009-08-27T19:29:47.068-05:00

I do not know if it is because we do not teach civics enough in schools, or what is at the root of the problem here; but you cannot have a pick and choose style of governance and still have a strong nation. I think that many Americans are under the impression that we can have our social programs and low taxes too. This is not true.I took civics class in 8th grade, and I had an excellent

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dichotomy/dikottmi/Noun: (pl. dichotomies) a separation or contrast between two things.Derivatives: dichotomous adjective.Origin: Greek dikhotomia ‘a cutting in two’. [from the OED @ www.askoxford.com]

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Okay, the impatient 20-something in me is ready for instant gratification. I want everyone in the Federal Government ousted right now. I do not want to wait another year. I do not want to go through another agonizingly painful election cycle filled with attack ads, slimy speeches, false promises, bloated campaign budgets, and the rest of the shenanigans that come with 24-hour “Election Watches

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