Pennsylvania’s “conservative” Governor Tom Corbett (R) broke the news a few months ago that he wanted to start enforcing the law that online retailers collect taxes on purchases made by Pennsylvanians and return them to Harrisburg. This, Corbett claimed, would increase our revenue by getting the money that was “owed” and help us with our government funding issues. Corbett also intimated that it might help boost struggling brick-and-mortars in the commonwealth because the tax collection would discourage online purchases. So, starting September 1, 2012, expect all of your online …

Sen. Rand Paul has said that Newt Gingrich “goes against everything the tea party stands for.” This might be an understatement.
The tea party originally stood for one simple but important message: Stop spending. For tea partiers, the “Troubled Asset Relief Program” or TARP was the litmus test and any Republican who supported it faced the wrath of the movement. Explained Utah tea party leader David Kirkham in May 2010:
I think it’s a matter of fiscal or financial responsibility … What the tea party people are about and the vote for …

From RonPaul2012.com :
In the Commonwealth, real change candidate and Champion of the Constitution Ron Paul will face down establishment flip-flopper Mitt Romney
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul, the constitutionally-observant candidate of real change, will face down establishment candidate and notorious flip-flopper Mitt Romney in a head-to-head matchup in the Virginia primary.
The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied four candidates’ appeals to appear on the ballot after their glaring failure to comply with the Commonwealth’s stringent, but widely-known, ballot access requirements.
Former candidate Jon Huntsman and Rick …

When I was growing up, Superman was the ultimate hero on American television. The opening promotion proudly proclaimed that Superman was fighting for “truth, justice, and the American way!” Unfortunately, Superman is fiction, and there is neither truth nor justice in our American court rooms today.
My good friend, Bernard Von Nothaus has been convicted of counterfeiting in what I perceive to be one of the most blatant examples of fraud this world has ever known. An Alice in Wonderland event where up is down, and nothing is real. Bernard is …

On Saturday (January 14th) I presented my Constitution class on the floor of the Oklahoma State House. I want to thank Representative Charles Key for inviting me, and Kaye Beach and Sharon Brown for doing most of the work to organize this event. I also want to thank Eddie Allen for driving me from Dallas to Oklahoma City, and Tisha Casida and Steve Thompson for driving all the way from Pueblo, Colorado to Oklahoma City to attend my class.
The purpose of this event was to present my class to as …

This is the eighteenth of many weekly analysis pieces detailing what Congressman Platts has voted on, or bills that he has sponsored/co-sponsored. I will briefly describe his action, the bill, and then detail how I would handle the same. Since it is not my full time job to read the entire bill (yet – with your help), I will read the summaries and base my decisions on those. I will also try and describe how libertarian principles apply in my decisions. During weeks that Congressman Platts is not in …

It is finally 2012 and there is a huge debate going on in the public square as to the direction our nation will go for the next four years. This is because 2012 is a Presidential election year and people on all sides of the aisle are getting involved in the political process, many of whom will be doing so this year for the very first time.
Make no mistake, the 2012 presidential election is huge but I am afraid it is overshadowing many other races that are going on …

When Rick Santorum’s nephew endorsed Ron Paul in an op-ed in The Daily Caller this week, he wrote: “If you want another big government politician who supports the status quo to run our country, you should vote for my uncle Rick Santorum.” Santorum respectfully and lovingly dismissed his young nephew’s endorsement. The senator said his nephew was just “going through a phase,” and later added: “I am a Reagan conservative. I am not a libertarian. And the people who are calling me a big government guy are libertarians.”
In an interview …

During the ABC News debate on January 7, 2012, the moderator brought up a statement Ron Paul had recently made regarding “chickenhawks,” or politicians who are hawkish about going to war but personally shirked the opportunity and dodged the draft and/or chose not to enlist to serve in the U.S. military.
When asked if he would recant this statement, Dr. Paul stood his ground and said, “I think people who don’t serve when they could and they get three or four or even five deferments have no right to send our …

This is the seventeenth of many weekly analysis pieces detailing what Congressman Platts has voted on, or bills that he has sponsored/co-sponsored. I will briefly describe his action, the bill, and then detail how I would handle the same. Since it is not my full time job to read the entire bill (yet – with your help), I will read the summaries and base my decisions on those. I will also try and describe how libertarian principles apply in my decisions. During weeks that Congressman Platts is not in …