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2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #224 “A DEATH PENALTY OBSCENITY!”
A DEATH PENALTY OBSCENITY!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #224I do not hide the fact that I am unalterably against the death penalty, arguing that, regardless of anyone’s philosophical beliefs, it simply...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #223 “WHO BEST SETS PRICES?”
WHO BEST SETS PRICES?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #223Maybe I have been somewhat remiss in this series by not speaking enough about why the Free Market System tends to be so successful. Of course, it is...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #222 “WORDS TO LIVE BY”
WORDS TO LIVE BY 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #222 As often stated in this column, we often cannot control the events that confront us, but we virtually always can control our responses to them. So this...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #222 “RESTORATIVE JUSTICE”
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #222Yes, lots of bad things are happening in the world, and we seem to be hit in the face constantly with that reality in our media and elsewhere. But...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #221 “ISideWith.Com: WHERE DO YOU STAND?”
ISideWith.Com: WHERE DO YOU STAND?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #221Here is a poll that I strongly suggest you take. Go to www.isidewith.com, answer its questions and see where you stand on a wide...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #220 “A P”
A P2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #220Historians tell us that poverty was the pervasive norm all around the world before the Industrial Revolution. Before that remarkable achievement, most people lived...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #219 “THE TEACHINGS OF ‘I PENCIL'”
THE TEACHINGS OF 'I PENCIL2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #219“I Pencil” is an essay by Leonard Read that was first published in The Freeman in December of 1958. The full title was “I Pencil: My Family...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #218 “GOVERNMENT-CREATED POVERTY”
GOVERNMENT-CREATED POVERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #218One of the biggest traps of our day that keeps people from prospering is their reliance upon the government. This may be counter-intuitive, but...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #217 “WE THINK IN WORDS”
WE THINK IN WORDS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #217We all think in words. Thus if people do not understand the shades of meaning between two (or among three or more) different words, those people do not...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #216 “BOYCOTT THIS MOVIE!”
BOYCOTT THIS MOVIE!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #216Recently my wife and I saw the movie “Long Shot” with Charlize Theron, who starred as a young, attractive and single U.S. Secretary of State, and Seth...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #215 “WHAT A LEGACY!”
WHAT A LEGACY!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #215 Depending upon whose statistics are used, today nationwide we have unfunded government employees’ pension liability somewhere between one and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #214 “THE GREEN NEW DEAL”
THE GREEN NEW DEAL2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #214 Taking the pandering of voters to an entirely new level, politicians promoting the “Green New Deal” are now saying that they will supposedly...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #213 “PRO-JECT’ UNDERSTANDING”
PRO-JECT' UNDERSTANDING2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #213 Without fear of contradiction, we must label acts like the recent bombings in Sri Lanka as barbarous – without any form of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #212 “INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE”
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #212 Among other things, I have learned from researching and then writing a musical about our 1787 Constitutional Convention that, of course, the...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #211 “BREAKING NEWS!”
BREAKING NEWS! 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #211 Some of you may remember back in 2004 when I took a year-long unpaid leave of absence from the court and ran in California as a Libertarian for US Senate...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #210 “BEATING THE DRUM FOR JUSTICE”
BEATING THE DRUM FOR JUSTICE 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #210 Recently one of my favorite people ordered a book for me from Amazon that is entitled Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #209 “A LESSON FROM DOGS”
A LESSON FROM DOGS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #209The old saying is that dogs love their owners more than they love themselves – and I believe it. So let’s take a lesson from dogs. They love us...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #208 “IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE”
IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #208 Recently I mediated a case in which two medical professionals who did not know each other got involved in what can only be called an ego fight...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #207 “WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 10TH AMENDMENT?”
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE 10TH AMENDMENT?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #207 On occasion as a judge I have the opportunity to swear in various officers into organizations like the bar associations and...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #206 “SYNCHRONIZE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS”
SYNCHRONIZE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #206 Okay, do you want to know how we could lower our overall gasoline consumption, improve mileage in vehicular transportation, reduce lost...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #205 “LIBERTY IN ELECTION CONTRIBUTIONS”
LIBERTY IN ELECTION CONTRIBUTIONS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #205 Okay, we now have passed all of these election maximum donation laws which have really not particularly helped things, but have made...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #204 “THE GREEN BOOK”
THE GREEN BOOK2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #204 Easily one of the best movies I have ever seen is The Green Book, and I strongly recommend you see it as well. The story is about a working-class...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #203 “COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOLLOW-UP”
COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOLLOW-UP2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #203 Last week’s edition brought up the dilemma of the Increasing disparity of compensation packages of high-ranking executives of public...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #202 “A COMPENSATION DILEMMA”
A COMPENSATION DILEMMA2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #202 One of the issues today that appears mainly unfixable but also eminently unfair and even infuriating is the disparity of compensation paid to...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #201 “UNALTERABLE LAWS”
UNALTERABLE LAWS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #201 Regardless of what legislatures, courts or juries say, there are some laws in life that always affect human conduct that are unalterable. One of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #200 “OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB”
OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOB2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #200 This is the last in my non-expert series about parenting and mentoring our children, which are probably the most important jobs that most of us...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #199 “CHILDPROOFING THEIR CHILDHOOD”
CHILDPROOFING THEIR CHILDHOOD2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #199 The response to last week’s 2 Paragraphs edition about the parenting and mentoring of children was gratifying, but I received only a few...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #198 “THE PARENTING/MENTORING OF CHILDREN
THE PARENTING/MENTORING OF CHILDREN2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #198There are many things where I am not an expert, and parenting and mentoring children is certainly on that list. But taking from my...
2 PARAGRAHS 4 LIBERTY: #197 “SOME REFLECTIONS DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON”
SOME REFLECTIONS DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #197 As this Christmas and Holiday Season is upon us, please join me in two reflections. The first is: “We should pause to...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #196 “IT’S ABOUT WHO WE ARE”
IT'S ABOUT WHO WE ARE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #196Last August Reason magazine editor Matt Welch commented in an editorial in the New York Times about the teachings of the late Senator John McCain on...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #195 “A BETTER FORM OF HEALTHCARE”
A BETTER FORM OF HEALTHCARE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #195 Last week’s edition attacked the direction we are presently going toward, which is socialized medicine. This edition outlines a better way,...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #194 “MEDICAL INSURANCE: WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT?”
MEDICAL INSURANCE: WHAT HAVE WE WROUGHT?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #194 As we all have seen, over the last few decades the costs of medical care have quadrupled in the United States as a percentage...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #193 “THE ‘TRANSFER STATE’ IN ACTION”
THE 'TRANSFER STATE' IN ACTION2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #193 Recently I read the book Your Money or your Life: Why We Must Abolish the Income Tax by Sheldon Richman (The Future of Freedom Foundation,...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #191 “DRUG PROHIBITION KILLS AGAIN!”
DRUG PROHIBITION KILLS AGAIN! 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #191 Many prior 2 Paragraphs editions have outlined how our government’s policy of Drug Prohibition is killing people, both through the absence...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #192 “MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK”
MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #192 Those of us who are citizens of this great country are blessed because this brings us many benefits. But it also brings responsibilities, and this...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #190 “THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY”
THE IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #190 Demonstrably since the time of FDR the presidency has usurped to itself or been abrogated by Congress increasingly large amounts of power. As...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #189 “LIBERTY IN IMMIGRATION”
LIBERTY IN IMMIGRATION2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #189 I, through no effort of my own, was truly blessed to be born in the United States of America. Many people who were not so fortunate have...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY #188: “NO FREE LUNCH”
NO FREE LUNCH2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #188It was Milton Friedman who coined the slogan “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” And this is exemplified by the following story that was recently sent...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #187 “ONE OF THE BURDENS OF LIBERTY”
ONE OF THE BURDENS OF LIBERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #187 Winston Churchill once was quoted as saying that the most damning part of a democracy was spending five minutes with the average voter....
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #186 “REASONED SUICIDE: A TOUGH LIBERTY ISSUE”
REASONED SUICIDE: A TOUGH LIBERTY ISSUE2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #186 Back in the 1960s I saw a movie entitled “They Shoot Horses Don’t They?” which contained a scene in which a horse broke its...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #185 “LET’S FOCUS MORE ON COMMONALITIES!”
LET’S FOCUS MORE ON COMMONALITIES!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #185 So now there is yet another situation in which we are pushing ourselves further away from each other due to a Nike ad about a...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #183 “A FAILURE OF DUTY”
A FAILURE OF DUTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #183 A while ago a long-time good friend of mine gave me the book Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #182 “CUBA NOW DESERVES LIBERTY”
CUBA NOW DESERVES LIBERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #182Way back in 1959 there was a popular uprising in Cuba against a ruthless and corrupt dictator named Fulgencio Batista, who had maintained power...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #181 “DO WE REALLY WANT LIBERTY?”
DO WE REALLY WANT LIBERTY? 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #181 When it comes down to it, Liberty can be scary. In reality, since the world can be a hard and even cruel place, many people actually would...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #184 “TERRORISM AND LIBERTY”
TERRORISM AND LIBERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #184 Recently I heard a presentation at the Orange County Chapter of the World Affairs Council by a former assistant secretary for the Department of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #180 “WORDS MEAN SOMETHING”
WORDS MEAN SOMETHING 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #180 We think in words. So if someone doesn’t understand the difference between two words (or among three or more words) that person does not understand...
2 PARAGRAHS 4 LIBERTY: #179 “GOVERNMENT OFTEN IS JUST MONEY”
GOVERNMENT OFTEN IS JUST MONEY 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #179 Are you ready for this? Much of the time, government is just money and the influence that comes from it. As an example, even though...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #178 “COMPETITION BRINGS BETTER SCHOOLS”
COMPETITION BRINGS BETTER SCHOOLS 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #178 As stated numbers of times in these columns, competition has given us good quality products like cell phones, computers and automobiles...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #177 “MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS”
MEDICAL SAVINGS ACCOUNTS2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #177 With programs like the so-called Affordable Care Act and proposed single payer systems, we are well on our way to having our healthcare...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #176 “A MOST IMPORTANT LIBERTY”
A MOST IMPORTANT LIBERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #176 Yes, bad things can happen to good people. And, yes, sometimes we have no control overhow or when bad things happen, and can’t even predict,...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #173 “SOMETHING GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO”
SOMETHING GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #173 Here’s something that governments should do: provide a system for honest information to be placed into the marketplace so that we as...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #175 “LIBERTARIANS FOR LIBERTY”
LIBERTARIANS FOR LIBERTY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #175 Many people agree with me that today the only political party that is in the mainstream of American political thought is the Libertarian...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #174 “WOULD YOU TRADE PLACES WITH HENRY VIII?”
WOULD YOU TRADE PLACES WITH HENRY VIII?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #174 Let me ask you a question: if you could, would you change places with England’s Henry VIII? He was obviously the top dog while...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #172 “Do We Care about Liberty?”
Do We Care about Liberty?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #172 According to the Orange County Register, in May of this year the Director of National Intelligence reported publicly that the National...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #171 “A MORE REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS”
A MORE REPRESENTATIVE CONGRESS 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #171 Okay, here is a suggestion as to how we could have a more representative United States Congress. By way of background, when the House of...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #170 “SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED MENTORING”
SOMETIMES WE ALL NEED MENTORING2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #170When I was a judge on the Municipal Court, a public defender I worked with once told me that, from his experience, the biggest antidote to...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #169 “ABOLISH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS!”
ABOLISH THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #169Even though Henry Ford is not my favorite person in the world socially because he was basically Anti-Semitic, he made a comment that...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #168 “STOP THE BUREAUCRATIC MANDATES!”
STOP THE BUREAUCRATIC MANDATES!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #168 Recently the California Energy Commission announced that as of the year 2020 all houses built in California must include rooftop solar...
2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #167 “DEATH FROM BUREAUCRACY”
DEATH FROM BUREAUCRACY2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #167 The article “When Cancer Was Conquerable” by Sarah Constantin in the June 2018 edition of Reason should be required reading for all voters! In it...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #166 “The Haiku Economist”
The Haiku Economist2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #166 Recently at the annual California Libertarian Convention, a friend of mine gave me a copy of The Haiku Economist, which she had helped to...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #164 “Change The Bail System”
Change The Bail System2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #164 According to the Prison Policy Initiative, on any given day there are about 630,000 people confined in local jails around our country and, of...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #162 “The Rule of Law as the Protector of Liberty”
The Rule of Law as the Protector of Liberty2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #162 Without the rights of everyone being enforced, no one’s rights can really exist. In that regard, it is important to understand...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #161 “Treating People As People”
Treating People As People2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #161I am proud to say that my Father remains one of my biggest heroes. As an example, a long time ago when I was a prosecutor and he was a judge in...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #163 “Thank You For Your Service”
Thank You For Your Service 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #163 One of the most flaming breaches of contract I know about is still being perpetrated by our own federal government (namely, by us all) upon...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #160 “When Liberty Can Turn Ugly”
When Liberty Can Turn Ugly 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #160 Where Liberty is not connected with accountability, the results can turn ugly. For example, in a study about how people act first when they...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #165 “Define the ‘Rule of Law’”
Define the ‘Rule of Law'2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #165As has been affirmed numbers of times during this series, a Free Society must not count upon “good people” to ensure Liberty and good results for...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #158 “Discover And Live in New Worlds”
Discover And Live in New Worlds2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #158Among the most broadening things a person can do is to read and to travel. Reading allows the reader to be anyone, experience anything, and...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #159 “Liberty And The Free Market”
Liberty And The Free Market 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #159 There is a store in Westminster, California that provides really good hour-long massages for $25. But for many years I have purchased from...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #157 “Hire For Ability, Fire For Attitude”
Hire For Ability, Fire For Attitude2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #157 Liberty means that we have choices. In fact, in our great country it is enshrined in our Declaration of Independence that we have...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #156 “Choices In Friends”
Choices In Friends 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #156 In my county we implemented what we call Peer Courts, which submit real juvenile delinquency cases to local high school jurors. The jurors question...
Longer than 2 Paragraphs
Longer than 2 Paragraphs Okay, I agree that this is longer than 2 Paragraphs, but enclosed is an article that I published Friday, January 12, 2018 in the Orange County Register about reforming our...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #154 “The Worldwide War on Drugs Disaster”
The Worldwide War on Drugs Disaster2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #154Our nation has been fighting the so-called War on Drugs for decades. And what do we have to show for it? At least $1 trillion spent;...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #153 “The Police, Pillars For Liberty?”
The Police, Pillars For Liberty?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #153When I was a small child my parents continually drummed into my head: “Jimmy, if you get lost what will you do?” Answer: “I will find a...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #152 “George Orwell’s Nightmare — Cubed”
George Orwell’s Nightmare — Cubed2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #152 Talk about an emerging and present threat to Liberty? Today the city of Guiyang, China has state of the art artificial intelligence...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #151 “Bonhoeffer”
Bonhoeffer 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #151 I have just finished reading “Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy” by Eric Metaxas. The book is superb. It is about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who was a...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #150 “Words Mean Something”
Words Mean Something2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #150 News flash: We Think in Words. So if people do not understand the difference between (or among) different words, they do not understand many...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #149 “War Is Not Glorious”
War Is Not Glorious2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #149War is not glorious! And with war, of course, comes coldly arbitrary destruction, deaths and serious injuries which, in turn, exact a lasting cost not...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #148 “Merry Christmas!”
Merry Christmas!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #148In my view, the most important thing in life is Gratification. Not power, prestige, money or even love. We can get gratification from all of those things....
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #147 “Liberty Corrupted By Congress”
Liberty Corrupted By Congress 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #147 It is fundamental in a democracy that the laws must be enforced equally as to all people. But did you know that back in 1995, Congress...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #146 “Liberty Fights Back”
Liberty Fights Back2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #146Thomas Jefferson famously said “The natural progress of things is for Liberty to yield and government to gain ground.” And that is what has been...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #145 “Let Children Again Have The Liberty To Fail”
Let Children Again Have The Liberty To Fail2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #145 Only supervised activities for our children; safely drive them to school; don’t let them go out on Halloween by themselves,...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #144 “How Could This Be?”
How Could This Be?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #144Recently some militants set off a bomb in a crowded mosque in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt during Friday services, killing many people, and then...
Our Current Drug Policy Is Not Working | TEDx Talks
Our Current Drug Policy Is Not Working | TEDx TalksHi everyone! Just thought some of you might be interested in a Ted Talk that I recorded in Bakersfield recently about Drug Policy Reform. As...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #143 “The Deprivation Of Liberty”
The Deprivation Of Liberty 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #143 Many years ago when I was a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles I found myself waiting at a red light while walking over to the Federal Building...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #142 “Liberty On The Front Porch”
Liberty On The Front Porch 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #142 During the past year my wife and I have devoted more special time in the evenings to sitting on our front porch, sometimes with a Manhattan or...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #141 “We’re All In This Together”
We’re All In This Together 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #141 It is truly a rare occurrence for anyone in either the legislative or executive branches of government not to have favorite constituents to...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #140 “The Liberty To Laugh At Ourselves”
The Liberty To Laugh At Ourselves 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #140 As you may have heard, recently the long-time sports television broadcaster Al Michaels said while doing the play by play in the third...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #139 “Media: Show Some Responsibility!”
Media: Show Some Responsibility!2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #139 How many of these sick people who wantonly and arbitrarily kill crowds of people with bombs, guns or their cars are acting as copycats of...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #138 “Liberty And Gambling”
Liberty And Gambling2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #138 Should we regulate and control gambling, or should we continue with most of it being illegal? Today the federal Professional Amateur Sports...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #137 “Safety Net vs. Welfare System”
Safety Net vs. Welfare System2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #137 Recently, I received the following information from a recipient of these weekly 2 Paragraphs. She had, in turn, received the...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #136 “Who Says Life Is Fair”
Who Says Life Is Fair2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #136 As I said in the first sentence of the introduction of my book on judging*, “the best decision I ever made in my life was choosing my...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #134 “Liberty And The Minimum Wage”
Liberty And The Minimum Wage2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #134 The whole issue of the minimum wage brings in a conundrum: we see people working for wages that would not provide enough revenue to...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #135 “Liberty Requires A Balance Of Powers”
Liberty Requires A Balance Of Powers2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #135 Regretfully, but not surprisingly, most people are outcome-oriented in both their thinking and their voting. This means...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #133 “Liberty Sidelined In Education”
Liberty Sidelined In Education2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #133 The logical extreme has happened in New York City! According to an August 19, 2017 article on the front page of the New York...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #132 “Frederick Douglass — Champion Of Liberty”
Frederick Douglass — Champion Of Liberty2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #132 The truth is the truth, regardless of when it is spoken. And who better to speak about timeless racial truths than Frederick...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #131 “How Liberty Saved The Bees”
How Liberty Saved The Bees 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #131 Last week we talked about how Government is Money. In other words, people in government have their own biases and, often, personal desires...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #130 “Proof Once Again, Government is Money”
Proof Once Again, Government is Money2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #130 Government is Money! As Shakespeare said in a different context: “’Tis true ‘tis pity; ‘tis pity ‘tis true.” But this dreary fact...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #129 “Install A Statue of Responsibility?”
Install A Statue of Responsibility?2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #129 Regretfully, our great country has strayed away from a climate individual responsibility and instead fallen back into one of...
2 Paragraphs 4 Liberty: #128 “More Liberty In Elections”
More Liberty In Elections 2 PARAGRAPHS 4 LIBERTY: #128 There are two ways we all could have more Liberty in our elections. The first is called “Approval Voting,” and the second is called “Instant...