I’ve written twice in the last year about defending local government. I have and continue to maintain that local government is superior to distant units of government as it is easier to interact with, and ultimately, control. Today’s post highlights one story of a citizen controlling a unit of government. Read more »
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but it seems that as it relates to the operations of state government, there’s a new story fairly regularly about how corruption and waste have infected the state of Illinois. The broad brush of how this goes is as follows: there’s a rather obscure area that some investigators have stumbled upon, and in this area there is widespread, institutionalized abuse and fraud. Read more »
I had the pleasure today of meeting two gentlemen and in the course of our conversation, describing why this organization exists, and what it is we do. Human beings are our own worst critics; and today I don’t think I did my best in describing our vision and purpose. Chalk it up to stress, distractions, or just not 100% focus, but I would take a do-over if those were permitted. Nevertheless, I recurred to an old post of mine here as I left the meeting, and part of an idea that hasn’t been explored enough. Read more »
Many of you probably remember Daniel Hannan, even if the name doesn’t immediately ring a bell. He’s the conservative member of the British Parliament who verbally and famously derided Gordon Brown as the devalued Prime Minister of a devalued government. He wrote an opinion piece this weekend in the Wall Street Journal that deserves some attention. Read more »
I recently guest-posted at For the Good of Illinois the following post of the same name, and am cross-posting it here for our readers. Many thanks to Adam Andrzejewski for the opportunity to guest-post. Click the “read more” button that follows to view the post in its entirety. Read more »