Neither Liberty Nor Safety
Benjamin Franklin’s famous one-liner about the relationship between liberty and safety has intrigued me since I first read it in high school. Why would anyone sacrifice personal liberty? And how does that sacrifice equate to temporary safety? When Franklin...
The Constitution, Congress and Government Debt
What would you do if you were driving a vehicle and came upon a traffic light that had both red and green lights on? Most rational folks would stop. After all, the red means “stop and stay stopped until the red light goes off,” and the green means...
Federal Gun Control Enforcement Numbers Dip, But Biden ATF Maintains Status Quo
Federal gun control enforcement numbers dipped in 2022, but the Biden administration still aggressively pursued enforcement, and kept things close to record levels. In his first two years, the Biden administration took up right where Trump left off and generally...