Federalism: In Context, In Theory, and In Practice – Part 3
Part 3 – Practice This series began with a lengthy article exposing the latest attempt to circumvent the Constitution, under the rubric of “Progressive Federalism”. Another in-depth piece was posted yesterday, attempting to explain what Founding-era federalism actually is, as opposed to what we’ve been so carefully taught to believe. With that foundation laid down, [...]
(Power) Binge And (Threat) Purge
For the last six months here at The Trenches (and for many years before that, elsewhere), I have been sounding the alarm about those in the ranks of the GOP whose main intent is to steer it away from its creed. Their reasons for doing so have been exposed and demonstrated numerous times, and I’ll [...]
Of Penumbras, Patriotism, and Paradigms – Part 4
In the previous three installments in this series, I pointed out the aggressive ways in which Progressivism has insinuated its destructive ends into our society. In Part 1, I wrote about its deleterious effects on our courts. In Part 2, I explored the curious reactions some had to those court decisions. And, in Part 3, [...]
Chris Christie, Regionalism, and His Progressive Agenda
“We’ve gone astray from first principles. We’ve lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything we’ve accomplished. Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.” – Ronald Reagan This is my first post here in The Trenches but in being an avid reader, I’ll [...]
WTF Happened Last Night?!
(Or, “Why didn’t our dumb asses anticipate the utterly predictable?”) In case you hadn’t noticed (from the massive selloff on Wall Street today), there was a pretty big election yesterday. President Barack Obama was granted another 4 years in the Oval Office. The Democrats retained their majority in the Senate, as well. The reaction in [...]
Yeah, That’s the Ticket! (Not So Fast…)
The base is fired up! The fundraising numbers are astounding! The turnout at campaign stops has increased twenty-fold! The RNC Convention is going to be a time to party like it’s 1999! All these headlines and many more flooded the newsstands and right half of the interweb tubes over the past three weeks, as news [...]
About That RNC Powergrab…
(Based on my Hump Day Lunch Break Rant – Twitter hashtag #HDLBR) As a precursor to today’s Hump Day Lunch Break Rant, you should read these items: On Power, A Three-Part Series, & On “Infighting.” Yesterday, there was much skullduggery afoot at RNC 2012. There’s even a Twitter hashtag for it: #RNCPowergrab. So, what’s the [...]
On “Infighting”
I’ve heard certain people bemoaning “infighting” for a long time. Years, in fact. I opined on it, at length, back in 2010, and I’d urge everyone to take a look at that piece, which is still relevant in many ways, even today. Lately, I’ve seen this sentiment from a very small group on Twitter, claiming [...]
Of Penumbras, Patriotism, and Paradigms
Part One: Of Penumbras Recently, the United States Supreme Court had two huge opportunities to reaffirm (or, rather, re-establish) our founding-era philosophy of Federalism. In both instances, they got caught with their emanations down, allowing their collective (and grossly deformed) penumbras to hang out in full public view. A more grotesque sight has not been [...]