A Closing Argument
Kenneth Prazak
2004-03-24 17:00
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury:
"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its Constitution." So said Thomas Jefferson. Let me repeat that. I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its Constitution." Our founding fathers understood that the...
The Extortion of Principle and Sophie"s Choice
Kenneth Prazak
2004-03-22 17:00
I heard what I never expected to hear in a million years at a Libertarian convention yesterday, the acceptance and actually condoning of a "libertarian" raising taxes. The State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Illinois a few years back, as a member of a school board, voted to raise taxes as a response to a threat from the State of Illinois that if they didn't, the state would take over the...
Playing God
Kenneth Prazak
2003-04-09 16:00
I have been racking my brain trying to figure out why some people whom I respect, who are colleagues of mine-- good limited government types--come out in favor of this War in Iraq. Usually the argument boils down to an emotional reaction against atrocities committed by Saddam Hussein. Their usually rational faculties armed against intervention fail when presented with the vision of tortured...
An Ode to My Gal
Kenneth Prazak
2003-04-06 16:00
My beloved gal went and died last night,
Her struggle was painful and slow,
The final blow came as the bombs commenced
Into the Baghdad Valley below.
She had such a strong constitution, that
I thought she just might pull through,
Her genes were made of such superior stock,
To unparalleled heights she grew.
Not a finer lady I have seen as yet,
Though perfect she was never to be,
But...
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