Reason and truth have rarely prevailed against demagoguery when the audience is too ignorant to tell the difference.
Charley ReeseGiven the low level of competence among politicians, every American should become a libertarian. The government that governs least is certainly the best choice when fools, opportunists and grafters run it. When power is for sale, then the government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.
Charley ReeseIf you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.
Charley ReeseThe poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these days is clearly unconstitutional. The original idea, as expressed by James Madison, was that states would do 95 percent of the governing. Today, they are little more than administrative subdivisions of the central empire.
Charley Reese