Tag Archives: freedom
Free Stuff
Either people are remarkably ignorant of how government works, or they’re remarkably disingenuous and deceitful. The frequent charge thrown at any candidate running for office who makes campaign promises to provide services, is that they’re giving away “free stuff” to win votes. Bernie Sanders is the latest target of these falsehoods by conservative pundits and […]
Reckless Endangerment
I’ve noticed that when I’ve had too much to drink, specifically too much scotch, my ability to spell goes to shit. I backspaced and retyped the title to this post, which will soon resemble a rant, repeatedly until it finally passed the built in spell check, without which I’d write completely illegible gibberish. So this […]
Ginsberg Rocks It
If you haven’t yet read Justice Ginsberg’s dissent to the Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court, I strongly suggest that you do. It is fascinating, educational and a terrific social commentary all in one. This ruling strikes me as a particularly easy one to dissent from, which makes the majority opinion all the more […]
Freedom isn’t Free
This trite catchphrase was originally devised to give thanks and appreciation to our military, stating in effect that the freedom we enjoy is only possible through the sacrifices of our armed forces. However, it is cynically used by hawkish foreign policy interventionists as an excuse for defense spending and war-making. The land of the free […]
JD Espinoza 