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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #318 “INNATE DISCRIMINATION”
"INNATE DISCRIMINATION"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #318Recently a good friend gave me a book that he thought would interest me, and he was certainly correct. It is written by a fairly young...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #317 “HAVE A MEANINGFUL MEMORIAL DAY!”
"HAVE A MEANINGFUL MEMORIAL DAY!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #317As we all know, each year we set aside a day we call Memorial Day to honor those people who have served in the military to keep our great...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #316 “Governments have a Place”
"Governments have a Place"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #316Yes, we certainly do need government, but Thomas Jefferson once famously said that most bad government comes from too much government. So how...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #315 “DO YOUR PART FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING!”
"DO YOUR PART FOR PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #315Yes, we all know and have seen so many of the things that divide us here and all around the world, particularly in our...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #314 “EVERYONE WILL WIN!”
"EVERYONE WILL WIN!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #314There is something quite straightforward and inexpensive that governments could do that would quickly result in cleaner air, better gas mileage and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #313 “REPEAL ALL HATE CRIMES!”
"REPEAL ALL HATE CRIMES!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #313I have written about this before in our 2 Paragraphs series but, with the recent increases in many arbitrary assaults upon various people in our...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #312 “EQUALITY vs. EQUITY”
"EQUALITY vs. EQUITY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #312A few weeks ago I sent out a column about the biggest threat to our country being the Culture of Victimization. And the response to that column was...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #311 “DRUG WAR HYPOCRISY”
"DRUG WAR HYPOCRISY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #311Actually this could really be a long column because hypocrisy in the so-called War on Drugs has been rampant, for decades. But this time we will focus...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #310 “THE AMERICAN DREAM”
"THE AMERICAN DREAM"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #310Recently we taped part of our “finale” show for Becoming America – America is a Perfect Idea – the United States of America is a Work in Progress. The...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #309 “GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON IS STILL OPEN!”
"GUANTANAMO BAY PRISON IS STILL OPEN!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #309Guantanamo Bay Prison, which is the biggest blight upon our integrity as a country during my lifetime, is still open. And at this...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #308 “RANDOM THOUGHTS”
"RANDOM THOUGHTS"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #308One thing that I have learned over the years is that distinctions between (or among) words matter. To explain, we think in words, and if a person doesn’t...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #307 “THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY”
"THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OUR COUNTRY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #307In our upcoming YouTube video show entitled “Becoming America – America is a Perfect Idea – the United States of America is a Work in...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #306 “ALEXIS de TOCQUEVILLE WAS RIGHT!”
"ALEXIS de TOCQUEVILLE WAS RIGHT!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #306Back in 1838, Alexis de Tocqueville who, as you know, authored the seminal book entitled Democracy in America, was supposed to have said...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #305 “TWO DEVELOPMENTS”
"TWO DEVELOPMENTS"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #305Two weeks ago I told you that I was strongly considering running for Governor of California if there would be a recall election of Governor Gavin...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #304 “THE BETTER LIFE!”
"THE BETTER LIFE!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #304A wonderful young lady recently was bemoaning that people in California mostly are not as nice as in other states. I disagreed with her, believing that...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #303 “JUDGE JIM GRAY (Ret.) FOR GOVERNOR?
"JUDGE JIM GRAY (Ret.) FOR GOVERNOR?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #303Well, there has been a development: five days ago my wonderful wife Grace told me that she felt that the recall of Governor Newsom...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #302 “IGNORANCE IS BLISS”
"IGNORANCE IS BLISS"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #302When I was in college I belonged to a group that sponsored weekend retreats to the mountains to discuss various topics. So for one of those retreats...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #301 “TWO OUTRAGES!”
"TWO OUTRAGES!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #301As some of you know, in 2004 I wrote a musical entitled “Americans All,” which was meant to help mentor our students. As such, the show posed issues like...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #300 “WHO SAYS LIFE IS FAIR?”
"WHO SAYS LIFE IS FAIR?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #300Although, like most people, I had no prior experience in raising children before my first son was born, I did the best I could. And one of my...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #299 “TO STRESS OUR COMMONALITIES
"TO STRESS OUR COMMONALITIES2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #299To our 2 Paragraphs Family: For the past year I have been a part of a team called “Pro-Ject Understanding,” which is a group of religious and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #298 “MY PODCAST IN REVIEW”
"MY PODCAST IN REVIEW"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #298To our 2 Paragraphs Family: As I have announced at the end of these editions of 2 Paragraphs, for the past 88 weeks I have had a podcast entitled...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #297 “JANUARY 6, 2021: WHAT NOW?”
"JANUARY 6, 2021: WHAT NOW?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #297Probably all people who care about the United States of America, both foreign and domestic, share my shock that our Capitol Building was...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #296 “A SACRED TRUST”
"A SACRED TRUST"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #296As a judge I have had many opportunities to talk with individual prosecutors and investigators as well as several opportunities to address groups of them....
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #295 “DEFEATING FENTANYL”
"DEFEATING FENTANYL"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #295Recently California State Senator Pat Bates, R – Laguna Niguel, introduced a bill to the Senate to study the fentanyl disasters and have government...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #294 “IF NOT US, WHO?”
"IF NOT US, WHO?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #294My best reflection of the year 2020 was captured by a T-shirt I recently saw a man wearing that said “Let’s Make Orwell Fiction Again!” Yes, in many ways...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #293 “BECOMING AMERICA”
"BECOMING AMERICA"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #293As many of you know, two partners and I composed a musical entitled Convention: the Birth of America, which is about our country's Constitutional...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #292 “IN A POSITION TO BE PERSUASIVE”
"IN A POSITION TO BE PERSUASIVE"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #292Okay, let’s face reality and understand that, as to various topics, some people are in a better position to be heard than others. For...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #291 “SALES PSYCHOLOGY”
"SALES PSYCHOLOGY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #291One of the most pivotal books I have ever read was The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard (Washington Square Press, 1957) because it opened my eyes at...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #292 “CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM”
"CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #292Many of the recent elections gave us yet further examples about how money from special interests has too much impact in our political world. For...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #289 “SOCIALISM: STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT!”
"SOCIALISM: STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #289We are presently in a crisis of our own making. Many of our young people are rejecting the Free Enterprise System for Socialism. Why?...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #290 “DRUG PROHIBITION KILLS!”
"DRUG PROHIBITION KILLS!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #290Recently on the front page of the Orange County Register was the headline “Grieving parents plead for fentanyl education,” and rightfully so....
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #288 “INCENTIVES SURELY MATTER!”
"INCENTIVES SURELY MATTER!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #288There was a headline in a story in the November 1, 2020 Orange County Register that said “Avalanche of relief program fraud alleged.” The story...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #287 “LET’S START A TRADITION!”
"LET'S START A TRADITION!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #287 My wife Grace was born and raised in Canada, and she has told me that there is a tradition there for the days in November before...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #286 “CREATE A COMMISSION ON INNOCENCE!”
"CREATE A COMMISSION ON INNOCENCE!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #286I still can’t get this out of my mind. My guest on the November 8, 2019 edition of my podcast All Rise! The Libertarian Way with Judge...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #285 “BUSY BEING BORN. . .”
"BUSY BEING BORN. . ."2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #285In the lyrics of one of his songs, Bob Dylan wrote that a person was either busy being born or busy dying. I believe that is also true for...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #284 “MORE ON MATURITY”
"MORE ON MATURITY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #284As you may recall, the August 31, 2020 edition of this series discussed Professor Stephen Marmer’s views of what constitutes maturity. Soon thereafter...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #283 “MENTORING OUR STUDENTS AND APPRECIATING OUR COUNTRY!”
"MENTORING OUR STUDENTS AND APPRECIATING OUR COUNTRY!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #283Just to let you know, my musical “Americans All” can now be viewed on my website. The condensed version of the show...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #282 “ENTITLEMENTS ARE A TRAP!”
"ENTITLEMENTS ARE A TRAP!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #282Once again I cite Dr. Milton Friedman’s pivotal and timeless comment that “We should judge our programs by their results, not their good...
Questions and Answers about the War on Drugs
Questions and Answers about the War on DrugsTo our 2 Paragraphs Family, As you know, the edition I sent to you on Monday, September 14, 2020 asked the question of whether we were winning the...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #281 “ARE WE WINNING YET?”
"ARE WE WINNING YET?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #281Recently Deputy Sheriffs from Ventura County arrested 17 members of a local drug trafficking organization and seized 192 pounds of methamphetamines,...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #279 “THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MATURITY”
"THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MATURITY"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #279Recently Professor Stephen Marmer, who is a psychiatrist at the UCLA Medical Center (Go Bruins!), gave one of the most insightful...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #278 “HUMAN REALITIES”
"HUMAN REALITIES"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #278We are all human beings, with most of us struggling to be as good a person as our dog thinks we are. Of course, often we fail. But in our defense,...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #277 “IT FEELS GOOD TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE!”
"IT FEELS GOOD TO VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #277Don’t succumb to voting against one candidate or another. Why? Because it truly feels good to vote FOR a candidate instead of just...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #276 “CANCEL THE CANCEL CULTURE!”
"CANCEL THE CANCEL CULTURE!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #276Okay, we either believe in Free Speech or we don’t. Thus we are not a “You are either with me or against me” culture. Why? Because we believe...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #275 “SIGNS ON MY WALLS AT HOME”
"SIGNS ON MY WALLS AT HOME"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #275In many ways what people choose to put up on the walls of their houses says quite a bit about them. So I recently made a list of the ones I...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #274 “A MAJOR THREAT TO LIBERTY!”
"A MAJOR THREAT TO LIBERTY!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #274 Probably the largest threat to the security and Liberty of the People of the United States of America is our country’s deficit! So...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #273 “MORE BOOKER T. WASHINGTONS PLEASE!”
"MORE BOOKER T. WASHINGTONS PLEASE!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #273 Booker T. Washington was born a slave in 1856 in Alabama and died as the President of Tuskegee University in 1915. Between...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #272 “THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASON!”
"THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASON!"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #272One of the reasons that people are polarized and even in rebellion is that they feel that our institutions of government are not...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #270 “A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP”
"A FAILURE OF LEADERSHIP"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #270 Are we to be governed by the Rule of Law or not? If so, we have seen some blatant failures of leadership in the executive branches...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #269 “WHO REALLY WANTS POLICE REFORM?”
"WHO REALLY WANTS POLICE REFORM?"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #269How can we tell who really wants police reform? Here is a test: no one who supports police unions as they now exist can really want...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #268 “STRIDE TO BE BETTER”
"STRIDE TO BE BETTER"2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #268The following story is taken directly from Puppies for Sale, and Other Inspirational Tales by Dan Clark, who is the author of Chicken Soup for the...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #267 “US vs. THEM” IS NOT AMERICAN!
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #267 "US vs. THEM" IS NOT AMERICAN!There comes a time when all Americans of Good Will must take a stand about the dissension now existing in our country. And the first thing...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #266 “IMAGINE: FACTUALLY INNOCENT!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #266 "IMAGINE: FACTUALLY INNOCENT!"Please close your eyes for a moment and imagine that you have been sentenced to and are serving time in prison for a crime when you were...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #265: “LIBERTARIANS AND COVID-19”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #265: "LIBERTARIANS AND COVID-19"So what would the COVID-19 pandemic have looked like with a Libertarian government? In the first place, the government would have been...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #264 “BEST WISHES DR. JO!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #264 “BEST WISHES DR. JO!”Well, my life became much less complicated this past weekend because I did not receive the nomination of the Libertarian Party for President....
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #263 “A PLAN TO WIN”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #263 "A PLAN TO WIN"As you know, I am currently seeking the nomination of the Libertarian Party for President of the United States. Yes, I know, no third-party candidate has...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #262 “TURN A CRUTCH INTO A LADDER”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #262 "TURN A CRUTCH INTO A LADDER"What if we could implement a system that would vastly reduce the intrusions, expense, bureaucracy and fraud now present with the IRS? And...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #261: “GOVERNMENTS CAN’T CENTRALLY PLAN!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #261: "GOVERNMENTS CAN'T CENTRALLY PLAN!"One of the most cogent Op-Ed pieces I have ever read was published by Texas Tech University Economics Professor Benjamin Powell in the...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #260 “CAMPAIGN SLOGANS”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #260 "CAMPAIGN SLOGANS"The GraySharpe2020 campaign for the Libertarian nomination for President and Vice President is in full swing, so I thought you might like to hear some...
DEBATE THIS EVENING! PLEASE WATCH AND SUPPORT!
DEBATE THIS EVENING! PLEASE WATCH AND SUPPORT!Hello to my 2 Paragraphs Family! We have a big debate today at 4pm Pacific/7 pm Eastern time and I would appreciate it if you watched it and vote for me...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #259 “WE ARE ANNOUNCING!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #259 "WE ARE ANNOUNCING!"Last Friday I filed my notice of running for the nomination by the Libertarian Party as it’s candidate for President of the United States. Today’s...
OFF AND RUNNING!!
Off and Running!!To our 2 Paragraphs Family, Well, we are off and running! We just thought you might be interested in reading this article in Reason Magazine about the beginning of our campaign, and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #258 “JUDGE JIM GRAY FOR PRESIDENT!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #258 "JUDGE JIM GRAY FOR PRESIDENT!"Okay, this is breaking news. On Saturday afternoon, April 4, I was in a telephone conference call with Lincoln Chafee, as well as many of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #257 “MAKIN’ A LIST”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #257 "MAKIN' A LIST"One of my good friends has an amazing habit of making and keeping lists of various interesting things that he notices in our lives. But recently this...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #256 “PLEASE! A BALANCE FOR LIBERTY!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #256 "PLEASE! A BALANCE FOR LIBERTY!"So have you seen the recent news? 3.3 million workers in the United States of America filed unemployment claims in the one week that...
I Am Proud of This!
I Am Proud of This!To my 2 Paragraphs Family, Yesterday I received this “Amazon #1 Best Seller” crystal trophy from my publisher, Best Seller Publishing. This commemorates my being named as being in...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #255 “LIBERTY AND THE CORONA VIRUS”
Liberty and the Corona VirusYes, the coronavirus situation is serious. And, yes, steps should/must be taken to control it and also to “flatten the curve.” But we first must understand that we should...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #254 “HOW TO PROSPER? ASK GEORGE McGOVERN”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #254 "HOW TO PROSPER? ASK GEORGE McGOVERN"George McGovern was quite a liberal US Senator from South Dakota and who was also the Democratic candidate for President in 1972...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #253 “ONE MAN’S LIBERTARIAN WHITEPAPER”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #253 "ONE MAN’S LIBERTARIAN WHITEPAPER"We Libertarians have made a huge mistake in that we have allowed other people to label us. As a result, most of the times when people...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #252 “TIMELESS TRUTHS”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #252 "TIMELESS TRUTHS"Issues and ideas come and go, but many “Timeless Truths” always remain. What are some of these? Here is a short Libertarian list: The Law of Unintended...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #251 “TREATMENT COURTS WORK!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #251 "TREATMENT COURTS WORK!"As I often say on my radio podcast All Rise! The Libertarian Way with Judge Jim Gray, we all know that many things are going wrong today all...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #250 “NO ONE PROTECTS THE TAXPAYERS!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #250 "NO ONE PROTECTS THE TAXPAYERS!"While I was still on the bench I heard from several members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Office that they were set up financially for...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #249 “EVEN MORE BUREAUCRACY”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #249 "EVEN MORE BUREAUCRACY!"As any reasonable assessment will show, the California government is top-heavy in bureaucracy, which directly hinders successful ventures and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #248 “RESPECT THE PROCESS!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #248 "RESPECT THE PROCESS!" Many people have complained that President Trump has wrongly set aside some of President Obama’s “good works” regarding things like DACA, which...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #247 “GROUPS LIKE TECHNOSERVE DO IT BETTER!”
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY:#247 "GROUPS LIKE TECHNOSERVE DO IT BETTER!"Are you aware of the charitable group called TechnoServe? It (correctly) bills itself as providing “Business Solutions to Poverty”...
Book Alert: 2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: Solutions that are Practical, Effective, Responsible, Libertarian
Book Alert: 2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: Solutions that are Practical, Effective, Responsible, LibertarianAs you know, I have been sending out our 2 Paragraphs series each week for more than the past...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #246 “A PROPOSAL FOR SOLVING OUR HOMELESS PROBLEM”
A PROPOSAL FOR SOLVING OUR HOMELESS PROBLEM 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #246 On Sunday, November 24, 2019 I published an op-ed column in the Orange County Register about my proposal for an institutional...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #245 “INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY”
INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #245 My great friend Judge Andy Guilford recently called my attention to an insight that I will pass along to you: the Judiciary is probably the...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #244 “YOU WILL BRUSH YOUR TEETH!”
YOU WILL BRUSH YOUR TEETH!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #244It has clinically been shown numerous times that brushing our teeth after every meal enhances our health. Thus society would benefit if all of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #243 “LET’S LEARN TO EMBRACE EACH OTHER”
LET'S LEARN TO EMBRACE EACH OTHER2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #243My great friend Dean Tom Campbell recently published in the Orange County Register the following quote that I pass along to you: “Most...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #242 “THE LARGEST ‘COMPANY’ IN THE WORLD”
THE LARGEST 'COMPANY' IN THE WORLD2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #242Question: What is the largest and most expensive “company” in the world? Answer: Our federal government. It is virtually mindboggling to...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #241 “AN ANTIDOTE TO POLARIZATION”
AN ANTIDOTE TO POLARIZATION 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #241 Our society is now more polarized than at any time of my life. Why has that happened? Two reasons come to mind. Originally, when cable...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #240 “THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES IT BETTER!”
THE PRIVATE SECTOR DOES IT BETTER!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #240 Yes, of course we need government! But, as this column says often and in so many different ways, the private sector almost always does...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #239 “AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS”
AN INSTITUTIONAL APPROACH TO HOMELESSNESS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #239To our 2 Paragraphs Family, Instead of a normal edition, this week I am forwarding to you a copy of my Op-Ed that was published...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #238 “THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE”
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #238Okay, what is the most important thing in life? I know that’s a truly general question, so I will give you my one-word answer:...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #237 “HEALTHCARE FOR ALL”
HEALTHCARE FOR ALL2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #237Obviously the subject of healthcare for all is actively being discussed in today’s world. I agree this result is desirable, not because anyone is...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #236 “UNIFICATION ON VETERAN’S DAY”
UNIFICATION ON VETERAN'S DAY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #236As can be broadly seen, we are terribly polarized and split apart in our country today in so many ways. But maybe, just maybe, all of us could...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #235 “OUR LIBERTIES: THE SOUL OF AMERICA”
OUR LIBERTIES: THE SOUL OF AMERICA 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #235 During World War II many of our troops who were being held as prisoners of war were tortured by the Japanese. I understand that one...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #234 “ASSISTING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE”
ASSISTING MARGINALIZED PEOPLE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #234Open Gate International is making contributions to marginalized people that we all should be aware and proud of. This group, which is...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #233 “SUNSET LAWS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT!”
SUNSET LAWS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #233When I ran for Vice President as a Libertarian in 2012, the issue that unfailingly gained the most traction among all of the...
Book Alert: 2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: Solutions that are Practical, Effective, Responsible, Libertarian
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: Solutions that are Practical, Effective, Responsible, LibertarianBook AlertAs you know, I have been sending out our 2 Paragraphs series each week for more than the past three...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #232 “CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION: JUST LIKE BREXIT?”
CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION: JUST LIKE BREXIT? 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #232 The old saying is that Big Government is truly effective at least at one thing, and that is increasing the cost, power...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #231 “HARM REDUCTION”
HARM REDUCTION2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #231According to President Nixon’s Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, back during the Nixon Administration the choice was made to pursue an incarceration...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #230 “IN PRAISE OF SPECIAL FAVORS FOR AMAZON”
IN PRAISE OF SPECIAL FAVORS FOR AMAZON2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #230Last year when Amazon was shopping for a location for its second headquarters, many states, counties and cities attempted to win...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #229 “I FELL FOR IT!”
I FELL FOR IT!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #229This past week I received a forwarded email from a friend with the title “Why Obama Hates Trump,” which stated that, since he had left office, President...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #228 “THE LIBERTY TO SEE THE USA!”
THE LIBERTY TO SEE THE USA!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #228My wife Grace and I have spent the last ten days on a trip first to Portland, and then on a cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers (which...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: 227 “HOW WE TREAT OUR PRISONERS”
HOW WE TREAT OUR PRISONERS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #227Between 10 p.m. and midnight Pacific time last July 4, I was interviewed by George Noory on his “Coast to Coast” national radio program about...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #226: “ALL RISE! THE LIBERTARIAN WAY WITH JUDGE JIM GRAY”
ALL RISE! THE LIBERTARIAN WAY WITH JUDGE JIM GRAY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #226As some of you are aware, for the last 18 weeks I have hosted a radio podcast show on the VoiceAmerica Network entitled...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #225 “FREE TRADE ENRICHES US ALL”
FREE TRADE ENRICHES US ALL2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #225Because of my research for our new musical “Convention: the Birth of America,” which is about the 1787 Constitutional Convention, I have become...