The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons. less than 1 minute read
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. less than 1 minute read
Nature is not simply a technical or economical resource, and human beings are not mere numbers. To suggest that one can somehow align all the squabbling institutions of science, environmental management, government and diplomacy in an alliance of convenience to regulate the global climate seems to me optimistic. less than 1 minute read
Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness. less than 1 minute read
Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. less than 1 minute read
If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm all criminals, and let them accidentally shoot themselves? Is this absurd? Yes, and yet the government, of course, is arming criminals. less than 1 minute read
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individualβs greed for power and the electoratesβ desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. less than 1 minute read
The government, for example, has determined that black people (somehow) have fewer abilities than white people, and, so, must be given certain preferences. Anyone acquainted with both black and white people knows this assessment is not only absurd but monstrous. And yet it is the law. less than 1 minute read
It is not the constitutional prerogative of the Government to determine needs. less than 1 minute read