The phrase “tilting at windmills” is often meant as a swipe at someone who incorrectly perceives a non-existent or idealized enemy and pursues a course of action based on that misunderstanding. The phrase was inspired by the the character Don Quixote, who battles make-believe giants taking the form of windmills dotting the countryside [...]
Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul, the son of 2008 Republican presidential contender Ron Paul, is not as principled as his father, it appears.
In a recent statement, Rand Paul said that terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison, many of whom have been ordered released on a lack of evidence, do not [...]
About four weeks ago, I sent a brief letter to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) about the taxing power of the federal government. I wrote:
My question for the senator is about the power to tax.
I understand that no one has the right as an individual to use force or the threat of force [...]
~ The Guantanamo File: a shameful legacy of the Bush presidency
It speaks for itself.
I also hope that it provides a compelling explanation of how that same government, under the leadership of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld, established a prison in which the overwhelming majority of those held – at [...]
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Would More Troops Occupy Iraq in a Ron Paul Administration?
I was reading Rep. Ron Paul’s plan to restore his interpretation of constitutional law to the nation had he been elected president in 2008. He wants to massively curtail the federal bureaucracy, reduce or eliminate several cabinet departments, not just agencies, and slash spending on foreign interventions.
It is all a great start, in [...]