It's all about the rules...."the rule of law" and the ubiquitous, "law of the land" are phrases that define our democracy. Democrats on Beacon Hill had an opportunity to lead the way to better government last week as both the House and … [Read more...]
Archives for January 23, 2011
Why ask what you can do for your country?
Friedman gives voice to a conception of freedom circumscribed by close ties to free-market economic theory. The free individual Friedman is describing is analogous to an "agent" in macroeconomics - a perfectly self-interested actor … [Read more...]
I WANT To Join A Tea Party
Forget all the democratic propagated drivel about how tea partiers are for less government, thusly less taxes. Well that's true. But about the "All for myself, the hell with everyone else".THAT IS JUST A PLAIN FLAT OUT … [Read more...]
Justice Thomas ignores law
Thomas appears to think that the law does not apply to him, for some reason. The Supreme Court is "the only judicial body in the country that is not governed by a set of judicial ethical rules," Gillers said. A spokesman for the … [Read more...]
Bob Massie to speak 1/26/11 at the Concord Democratic Town Committee
Massie earned a doctorate in business policy and corporate strategy from Harvard Business School in 1989. From 1989 to 1996 he taught at Harvard Divinity School where he ran the Project on Business, Values and the Economy. In 1993, as … [Read more...]
Vermont wants no corporate persons
It appears that they will do this in spite of Vermont's having lax gun-control laws, which will no doubt cause overwrought hand-wringing by certain individuals. … [Read more...]