The nature of government is to grow itself, to expand, to become bloated. Thomas Paine, widely ignored today, said, “That government is best which governs least.” There’s much that would pain poor Thomas today. 151 people (the legislature and governor) in a single city in our state are thinking of banning smoking from every private [...]
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Today’s Uncommon Sense
Posted in Letter to the Editor, Politics, tagged big government, thomas paine, uncommon sense on February 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Hiking Compulsory Age Helps No One
Posted in Education, Letter to the Editor, tagged compulsory education, Education, Iowa education issue, school attendance age on January 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lawmakers in Des Moines are considering hiking the compulsory attendance age to 18. The last thing our public schools need is more kids who don’t want to be educated. Some legislators have a new take on the old saying: you can lead a student to a school and you can make him think. While some [...]
America should live up to its laws
Posted in immigration, Letter to the Editor, Politics, tagged amnesty, immigration, letter to editor, rule of law on January 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Previously published letters to the editor of the Sioux City Journal will appear as posted with the date at the bottom. SIOUX CITY — Journal copy editor Dave Yoder wrote a column lamenting the lack of solutions from critics of the current immigration amnesty proposal while incredibly failing to offer a hint at a solution.Yoder [...]
