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Is compassion a function of government?

This post is more of a question that the assertion of a proposition: Why do some people consider compassion to be a function of government?

The government and misplaced trust

Something has bothered me for a long time about the way this country governs itself — or to be more precise, the way government governs the rest of us.

Westboro Baptist Church announces plans to protest Foley’s memorial in Spokane

Westboro Baptist Church announced today that they will be in Spokane on Friday to protest the memorial for former House Speaker Tom Foley.

VIEWPOINTS RESPONSE: Congress should remember the past

The Preamble to the Constitution provides one way of answering this question as to the moral duty of Congress to the American people.

Government is meant to get in man’s way

I am not going to touch this Viewpoints question with a 10-foot pole, except to quote from the Pilot of Firefly, one of my favorite TV shows of all time:

The Inauguration and directing your anger

I watched the Inauguration and then later looked at Facebook and was not at all surprised at some of the comments I saw.

There may be room for anger, if you wish to participate in that behavior, but rather than directing it toward a person elected how about toward the real place it should be aimed?

The intent of the Founding Fathers and the dangers of socialism, part 3

The planned economy is imperative in socialism. It is by the method of planning the economy that the socialist attempts to actualize his ideals. One way he can achieve his goals is to dissolve private enterprise and organize a planned economy centralized in the state.

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