“Take my love, take my land,
Take me where I cannot stand.
I don’t care, I’m still free.
You can’t take the sky from me.
Take me out to the black,
Tell them I ain’t comin’ back.
Burn the land and boil the sea,
You can’t take the sky from me.
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity,
But you can’t take [...]
In San Francisco, California, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton has ruled compulsory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional. Next, the case will go to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled against “under God” in the Pledge a few years ago, and then to the United States Supreme Court, [...]
I’ve resisted assigning blame for the Hurricane Katrina disaster because I don’t believe kneejerk and partisan responses, especially after a tragedy, are appropriate. I question the humanity of imbeciles who, within a day of Katrina’s assault, used the devastation and death to make political points against President George W. Bush and the United States. Basic [...]
In my other screed from today, I asked whether the immense demands Americans place on their government might have slowed the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Now, I must ask another question: Do we set up the American government to fail in our eyes?
In the modern era, we expect the federal government to solve all our problems. [...]
Ever since the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American citizens have demanded more and more things from their federal government. They expect the government to, amongst other things: Regulate morality and decrease vice. Fund arts and sciences, no matter how trivial. Prevent individuals from harming themselves. Root out offensiveness in society. Make certain everyone can [...]
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