Don't just take my word for it. Listen to J. Paul Getty too!!!

Big Brother isn't watching us. Big Brother is expending tons of effort to keep us from watching him!

Who's paying attention to the gene pool?

Polititainment, Recreational Outrage and Competitive Victimhood, are not only clever, insightful and intriguing all on their own, but are also all tightly linked together.

Be aware that they exist and us this knowledge to beef up the sensitivity of your bullhshit detector!

Booze and coffee each have distinct purposes. Apply them wisely!

An old friend and colleague of mine e-mailed me with an intriguing observation. "100 years ago, if you did not have common sense and situational awareness, you would starve or be eaten by a bear. Nature was self correcting. Today, modern society protects people with no common sense or situational awareness. They are growing in numbers and finding careers in politics."

IV's thoughts from this bit of insight from my pal, Nick S!)

Hard to tell... Probably mostly stupidity.

For all practical purposes, the 10th Amendment - which limits the power of the federal government - does not exist. What should we do about it? Convene a Convention of States maybe?

First it'll make you feel good... then humble...

Centralization of political power is an eerily potent and scary phenomenon. There's a tipping point somewhere that marks severe trouble. The poster child for centralization run amok, of course, is the former Soviet Union.