by Letters to the Editor | Jun 27, 2012 | Democracy, Republic
Guest post by Robert Augustine. “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” inquired a bystander near Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation at the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. “A Republic, if you can keep it,” replies...
by Runaway Slave | Jun 20, 2008 | Democracy, Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Voting
Because of a business decision he made in England some 400 years ago, Thomas Hobson won a flavor of immortality in the vernacular of the English language. Mr. Hobson rented horses and carriages in the university town of Cambridge around the turn of the 17th century....
by Runaway Slave | May 16, 2007 | Democracy, Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Ron Paul
I’ve written before about the voting scam, about the delusions of power it gives to members of a well trained herd, about the lack of any real choice in most elections. When PR hacks and hairstylists create the only differences between candidates, voting simply...
by Runaway Slave | Jul 5, 2006 | Democracy, Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Voting
As George II’s war swollen popularity evaporates, many recall the 2000 election and suggest that getting rid of the Electoral College would do much, or at least something, to improve the political climate in America. In truth eliminating the Electoral College...
by Runaway Slave | Aug 16, 2004 | Democracy, Essays & Articles, Freemarket, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Voting
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out...
by Runaway Slave | May 6, 2004 | Democracy, Essays & Articles, Libertarian Curmudgeon, Politics, Republicrats
“Of all the tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victim may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some...
