Old Lawyer Saying. Today, I throw you a bone. Gnaw on it a bit, and know the value of saying no.
“You make more money on the cases you decline, not the cases you take.” Looks like Warren Buffett was inspired by an old lawyer in his younger days when he now says– “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost…
Immigrants Desecrating the American Flag is a tipping point that will define you.
When I saw the news about protesters taking down an American Flag at a federal immigration facility in Denver and running up a Mexican flag then defacing American Flag and running it up in place of the Colorado flag, some of my worst fears for our nation’s future were realized.…
Reparations, Presentism, and Looking Forward…. Please!
Reparations for slavery may well be today’s Political Pandora’s Box. Did you know there were nearly 600,000 UNION CASUALTIES from the Civil War? How would these Union casualties factor into the reparations discussion of a war a century and a half ago? What about all the Civil Rights and Voting…
The Declaration of Independence.
In our Declaration of Independence, many need reminding that our liberties, freedoms, and resultant government arise from a natural law that rests with every person, that the nation’s sovereignty vests with the people, and that the power and reach of the government is thereby limited and constrained by the specific…
Declaration of Independence.
A limited government of the people, by the people, for the people “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” Governmental authority and power are limited to the wall of consent given to them by the people those…
Declaration of Independence.
July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence Goodbye King George. We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. “We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our…
Congress by the Numbers. 435 + 100 = 535
History Lesson. Why do we have a limit of 435 members in the House of Representatives? The U.S. Constitution Article I, Section 2, guarantees each state, territory or district at least one representative and further states that there can be no more than one representative in the House for every…
Abe Lincoln on the Rule of Law and Why it is critical to the preservation of our union, liberty, and freedom.
Some express disdain for my strong attachment and adherence to the rule of law. Well, when I am in agreement with Abraham Lincoln the disdain boots nothing when compared to the need and greater good. Over a decade before the Civil War, Abe knew what was at stake in rule…
The problem with “factions” and their danger to our Republic, liberties, freedom and security
Sometimes you just have to pull back the curtain to see what is happening. The danger of factions. I wrote this post on Dec. 28, 2017, amidst concerns of overreaching partisan positions and factions. Concerns that the centrist portions of each party not holding accountable the extreme wings of the…