The inspiration for this section is Dr. Thomas Sowell. Dr. Sowell’s newspaper columns usually advanced a single topic. However, some of his columns were a collection of short observations and pithy points. Those columns usually had the headline “Random Thoughts” and frequently started with the line: “Random Thoughts on the Passing Scene.” Click here for some examples.
The federal government has dozens of small scale tyrannies. They are agencies that combine the powers of all three branches of government. We can restore republican government. We must reduce the power of the Administrative Law Judges. They must not try civilians. Rather, they should judge their agency’s rules or practices.
Socialism – Half of an Economic System
Economic systems produce wealth and distribute that wealth. Socialists have a plan for how to distribute wealth. But they have no plan for producing that wealth.