Most Americans feel frustrated with politics and elected officials at every level. Rasmussen polls indicate 80% of voters think government is too big and intrusive. Only 19% trust government to do the right thing most of the time. Only 21% think that the government today has the consent of the
“Feds to target Wall Street’s finance felons” proclaims a story headline in the Star-Advertiser. The article quotes a Justice Department memo, “It’s only fair that the people who are responsible for committing those crimes be held accountable.” What’s new about that? The answer is nothing in theory but lots in
A special message from Grassroot Institute Founder Richard Rowland. Every dedicated, self-governing American has two birthdays. The first is the day we left our mother’s womb. The second is the day the United States of America was born — July 4, 1776. A precious few celebrate both on the same
Collectively, we enjoy great prosperity. Little or none of it would be here for us to use without the framework built, layer by layer, by our forefathers and the divine guidance which propelled them. This is important for us to understand because the normal condition of man is abject poverty.
About three years ago my wife, Marie, and I had lunch at Farrell’s in Pearlridge Center. Just after we ordered, we noticed a young family being seated near us in the middle of the restaurant. The parents were accompanied by a girl of about 8, a boy of 6 or so,
The Grassroot Institute wants your vote to count, as do you. Our Republic was born July 4, 1776 when the Continental Congress approved the wording of the Declaration of Independence … words that would go on to echo in history as a profound statement of our natural right to liberty.
This column originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. There are three actions called for in the Declaration of Independence that assure that individual liberty will be preserved: » We, the People form the government to serve us, not vice versa. » We, the People elect officials to public office
By Richard Rowland The Declaration of Independence makes crystal clear that We the People form government to serve our needs. We the People also elect representatives to serve the republic. Then they supervise those same elected people. That is to say, they can fire them if they don’t serve We
By Richard Rowland Ludwig von Mises once observed: “ The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution” Pick up the Declaration of Independence and ask yourself: “What does it say about political choices?” Well, it sure does not say left or right,
On January first and for a few days thereafter every year the conventional greeting will be “Happy New Year”. It seems to me that such a greeting is a bit vacant of meaning. To many it is simply a way to fill uncomfortable silence. Like the check-out person at the
Most Americans feel frustrated with politics and elected officials at every level. Rasmussen polls indicate 80% of voters think government is too big and intrusive. Only 19% trust government to do the right thing most of the time. Only 21% think that the government today has the consent of the
“Feds to target Wall Street’s finance felons” proclaims a story headline in the Star-Advertiser. The article quotes a Justice Department memo, “It’s only fair that the people who are responsible for committing those crimes be held accountable.” What’s new about that? The answer is nothing in theory but lots in
A special message from Grassroot Institute Founder Richard Rowland. Every dedicated, self-governing American has two birthdays. The first is the day we left our mother’s womb. The second is the day the United States of America was born — July 4, 1776. A precious few celebrate both on the same
Collectively, we enjoy great prosperity. Little or none of it would be here for us to use without the framework built, layer by layer, by our forefathers and the divine guidance which propelled them. This is important for us to understand because the normal condition of man is abject poverty.
About three years ago my wife, Marie, and I had lunch at Farrell’s in Pearlridge Center. Just after we ordered, we noticed a young family being seated near us in the middle of the restaurant. The parents were accompanied by a girl of about 8, a boy of 6 or so,
The Grassroot Institute wants your vote to count, as do you. Our Republic was born July 4, 1776 when the Continental Congress approved the wording of the Declaration of Independence … words that would go on to echo in history as a profound statement of our natural right to liberty.
This column originally appeared in the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. There are three actions called for in the Declaration of Independence that assure that individual liberty will be preserved: » We, the People form the government to serve us, not vice versa. » We, the People elect officials to public office
By Richard Rowland The Declaration of Independence makes crystal clear that We the People form government to serve our needs. We the People also elect representatives to serve the republic. Then they supervise those same elected people. That is to say, they can fire them if they don’t serve We
By Richard Rowland Ludwig von Mises once observed: “ The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution” Pick up the Declaration of Independence and ask yourself: “What does it say about political choices?” Well, it sure does not say left or right,
On January first and for a few days thereafter every year the conventional greeting will be “Happy New Year”. It seems to me that such a greeting is a bit vacant of meaning. To many it is simply a way to fill uncomfortable silence. Like the check-out person at the
