If so many Americans are looking for the government to save them, then it is hard to have a dignified search for a shepherd in chief.

Liberty is a political firewall that limits the damage government can do to the individual.

It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them.

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote. Those rights are spelled out in the Bill of Rights and in our California Constitution. Voters and politicians alike would do well to take a look at the rights we each hold, which must never be chipped away by the whim of the majority.

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time.

American democracy is capsizing as a result of the vast increase in the number of government dependents and government employees.

Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state.