Author Archives: Jim

Federal Drinking Age Breeds Contempt for Law

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Jim

Michelle Minton (Competitive Enterprise Institute) has a piece advocating rolling back the drinking age. She observes: Statistics aside, the drinking age in the U.S. is difficult to enforce and discriminatory toward adults between 18 and 21 years old. The current … Continue reading →

Posted in President | Tagged alcohol, Barack Obama, beer, drinking age, drunk driving, liquor, MADD, Michelle Minton, SADD, underage drinking | Leave a comment

Not an Emergency, but a Suicide Attempt

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jim

Are our current economic problems an emergency? Politicians in both parties have said so and claimed that we have to abandon principles, act for the sake of action, and when those actions fail we must blindly act again. In The … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, Political Discussions, Quotes | Tagged Aristotle, Ayn Rand, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, orgy of sacrifice, Socrates | 4 Comments

Ready for a Free Market Revolution?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jim

Tonight I attending a talk by Yaron Brook and Don Watins about their new book Free Market Revolution: How Ayn Rand’s Ideas Can End Big Government. I am excited to read this book and a quick summary of the chapter … Continue reading →

Posted in Political Discussions | Tagged altruism, Don Watkins, ethics, selfishness, Yaron Brook | Leave a comment

Plato’s Laws – Tradition vs. Innovation

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Jim

This post is part of my commentary series on John David Lewis’ short book Early Greek Lawgivers. Lewis begins his book with a scene from Plato’s Laws, in which three men discuss the best laws for a fictional city. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Early Greek Lawgivers | Tagged Craig Biddle, Early Greek Lawgivers, John David Lewis, Left vs. Right, Plato, Plato's The Laws, Political Innovation, Robert Bork, The Objective Standard, Traditionalism | 1 Comment

The Last Goode Democrat

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Jim

As a junior in High School, I thought that it was dishonest that my government teacher in public school failed to disclose her political affiliation; she was a Democrat, but was never honest enough to tell us students…but we knew. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election | Tagged abortion, Aristotle, Bill Clinton, Chuck Robb, Constitutional Party, Democratic Party, Doug Wilder, Oedipus Rex, Ted Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson, Virgil Goode | 5 Comments