The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government’s ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals. less than 1 minute read
You can’t win with some people. If you’re not in government, you’re criticised for being not serious. If you are in government, you’re criticised for wanting power. That’s the Labour party’s line of attack, and it’s a bit ridiculous. less than 1 minute read
But those musics do not address the larger kind of architecture in time that classical music does, whatever each one of us knows that classical music must mean. less than 1 minute read
Republicans rarely criticize Obama for lack of empathy - in part because liberals have traditionally been seen as standing up for the weak and the vulnerable. Conservatives can be just as empathetic. But they believe that, in most cases, it’s not government’s role to be the primary dispenser of empathy. less than 1 minute read
I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I’m not a believer in laissez-faire. less than 1 minute read
There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can’t possibly all be served by government. less than 1 minute read
Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It’s time to return to our Founders’ love for small government. More is not always better. less than 1 minute read
I decided to run for governor because I got mad… I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. less than 1 minute read
So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn’t gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job. less than 1 minute read
