Ron Paul Supports Using General Welfare Clause for Federal Language Mandate
As I documented over at That’s My Congress earlier this month, Ron Paul makes a big fuss in his speeches over the General Welfare Clause of Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Article I, Section...
View ArticleTheories of Representation and Support for English-Only Policy in the United...
As of this morning, 59 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed on in support of H.R. 997, a bill to declare English the national language of the United States and (with some exceptions...
View Article8 Republicans Try to Stop Kids from Saying the Pledge of Allegiance
Last year, 15 Republicans in the House of Representatives did their darndest to stop kids at public schools from saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Yes, Republicans opposed the speaking of the Pledge of...
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Steve King Babbles Against Non-Christian And Non-English Speakers
When a person stands up in public and claims to speak in favor of reason, that person had better be able to think and speak reasonably. Otherwise, such a person fails to meet their own criterion of...
View ArticleEnglish-Speaking Government In North America 404 Years Old
404 years ago today, the first permanent English colony in North America was established at a desperate little fort called Jamestown in what is now Virginia. Government run by predominantly...
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The Irrational Racism Of Theodore Roosevelt
Last night I wrote of a political code for racist nationalism that has been used in past Republican presidential contests, and is already being activated in the 2012 election. It’s found in the old KKK...
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You Want Me To Pay On What?
This afternoon, I saw the following sign inside a place of business: I think what the sign means to say is that “payment is expected when services are rendered,” but that’s not what it says, and it...
View ArticleWhy Is There No Opposite Of Analogy?
Tonight, I have discovered a gap in the poetic imagination of the English language. Children in the United States and United Kingdom are taught that poetry often uses analogy, a form of metaphor that...
View ArticleBig Government Steve King Introduces Nanny State Bill to Congress
I thought the Republican Party was supposed to be the party of small government. Why, then, would Republican Representative Steve King of Iowa introduce H.R. 997? H.R. 997 is a bill that imposes big...
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Tell Us Your Stories Of Suffering From The Speaking Of Non-English Languages
Yesterday, after declaring that “The United States’ culturally diverse population is what makes our nation great, and what helps us move forward together as a society is the ability to communicate to...
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