The best modern tome on human rights comes from Henry B. Veatch in "Human Rights: Fact or Fancy?," from 2007. He builds his argument step by step, carefully laying the foundation for his central assertion that our basic rights are discoverable directly in the facts of nature.
@bradpomerance@AndysEvilTwin It obliterates the intent behind the "secret ballot" in the first place, which we didn't even adopt until 10 years after the Civil War
@MattH_4America That's how most of the 20th century worked, and all they ended up doing is piling on more federal government programs and the unending bureaucracies for administration. Complete disaster
@jimiuorio I wish more people referenced this:
>Carter-Baker Commission, formally the Commission on Federal Election Reform, was a bipartisan panel co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Sec of State James A. Baker "Building Confidence in U.S. Elections," in Sept. 2005.
@SoonerVirginia "Old Prophet: Well, there was a time when I knew everybody. That was a long time ago, when all this was prairie. But lately everybody's in a hurry, with your damned good-for-nothing trains! Toot toot toot *tweet*!"
For a Few Dollars More
@SteveGuest My #1 issue is defeating collectivists and their interest in concentrating more power in DC. That was a founding principle of America, now seemingly forgotten
@bungarsargon Not only is this a bad idea, the companies who ate the tariffs are seeking to recoup their revenue they lost from doing so. Socialism is a terrible idea in all cases
@BuckSexton Did you listen to the whole show?
"Bill’s guests are Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy, Amb. Susan Rice"
You can imagine how balanced that episode was
Here in CO, we paid $3.59/gallon this morning, and Dems are acting like it's the end of the world. Things were better in February, but this is not a big deal
@robbystarbuck While that's all true, if Pratt and Bass end up in the general election, then Bass will get the majority of Raman's votes and still win this fall