Democracy and Power 101:  Government is power In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning, and cruelty. – Leo Tolstoy Supreme Court rules for Religious Freedom By unanimous decision, the Supreme Court strongly...

Democracy and Power 107:  Counting votes Successful … politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies. – Walter Lippmann (1889-1974), American Journalist and Author In a democracy, the...

Personal Freedom and Power VII:  Limiting Governance As government expands, liberty contracts. -President Ronald Reagan Obama: “The government we have is not the government that we need.”  President Obama claims government needs major, structural reform.  He is absolutely correct.  He is absolutely wrong, however, about the solution.  As President, Mr. Obama...