Always Reforming

Mother, should I trust the government? This immortal question was asked by Pink Floyd in an era defined by anti-establishment sentiment and general distrust of government; it's a question no less applicable in 2020 than when it was penned by Roger Waters in 1979.  Our nation was founded because our forefathers asked this same question in the 18th century.  Practically speaking, every nation throughout the history of the world has had a reason to ask this question at some point.        Anyone who trusts the government simply hasn't read much history. History tells the story of governments consistently failing to justify the trust placed in them.  Nearly every government throughout the history of the world has suffered from some level of corruption or incompetence, or, more often, a combination of the two.  When the government gets involved, bad things usually happen, and the government is usually the worst possible entity to accomplish any given ta...

No. That's my short answer. Now for my long answer. The most recent political weapon aimed across the aisle in Washington (that's all it really is, after all--another way to perpetuate the binary party system we've created here in the U.S.) is the Special Olympics .  At first Trump's administration was going to cut funding for the beloved sporting event, but then Trump came through for virtue-signalers everywhere by overriding the decision and assuring that funding would continue.  Democrats had a field day, of course, with the funding cut, despite the fact that they support the "right" to abort children in the womb who have special needs. Trump's reassurance led to widespread jubilation as warm-blooded folks from both red and blue states united in celebration of the humanity of his decision, but it seems no one has stopped to ask a simple question.  Why, my friends, does the federal government of the United States fund the Special Olympics in the...

Net neutrality--social media's latest great debate.  Let's be honest...how many of us really knew all that much about net neutrality?  It became a hashtag and a meme and a battle-cry, but most of us were/are pretty uneducated about it.  My initial response, blindly following the outcries on the Internet, was that net neutrality was a good idea and should be upheld.  That was before I took the time to understand the issue.  Upon further review I have decided, still tentatively, that this recent abolition is a good thing.  The issue is complex, valid arguments existing on both sides, but here are three reasons why I'm glad they abolished net neutrality: 1) Less regulation is almost always a good idea .  Some regulations are necessary.  Murder, theft, etc. are all bad things and they should be illegal.  With regulations, however, less is often more.  Just adding laws to the books does nothing to guarantee that people will stop being jerks...