I met Herman the first time in Las Vegas, as the guest of Andy Miller at the American Majority gathering. I was writing at RedState at the time, and coming from the private sector had been looking for a…
Category: Conservatism
Our System of Federalism and the Mess it Sometimes Creates
The notion of federalism is that the Constitution grants the states the leeway to set up their own laboratories about governing that do not conflict with the rights it guarantee to the People, (Art IX and X). It helps to…
The “Union” in United States; Thomas Jefferson “Out-Subtles” Napoleon
Every school kid knows, or at least used to be taught, about Thomas Jefferson’s purchase of “Louisiana” from France for15 million dollars in 1803. That was $18 per sq sq mile or a little under 3 cents per/acre. Wow! School…