Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Indeed as April 15 draws near we are reminded of that reality. Yet, there is another reality that we push to the back of our thoughts that looms ever above us; the national debt.
While Marx recognized that socialism is a milder form of communism, clearly not every socialist or every statist ideology holds to the more radical tenets of communism.
The tragedy of slavery hangs over the American story like an overcast sky. It’s unimaginable now that a whole class of people were once denied personhood and stripped of foundational human rights. But then again, maybe not. There is another whole class of people who are denied personhood and stripped of more than foundational human […]
There’s an irony in America’s history over taxation. Laurence J. Peter wrote: “America is a land of taxation that was founded to avoid taxation.” The Sons of Liberty resisted the Stamp Act in 1765 with the protest, “No taxation without representation!” Yet many taxpayers around April 15th grumble, “Taxation with representation ain’t so hot either.” […]
Too Cold For Angels to Fly? The burning cold of Arctic air has enveloped America with shivering blasts of howling winds. An early winter has blanketed much of the US. It’s been so cold that skiers have gone to the slopes only to sit by a fire and look at the snow rather than risk […]
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