Voice For Liberty

Category: United States government

  • Constitution class to be held in Wichita

    Constitution and immigration law professor Kris Kobach will be teaching a free class on the history and relevance of the U.S. Constitution.

  • Obama not first with trillion dollar deficit

    A Wall Street Journal column from last year highlights the lack of honesty in government accounting.

  • Social security trust fund needed now

    Almost overlooked in the news this week is the fact that the Social Security will pay out more in benefits this year than it receives in contributions from payroll taxes. It had been thought that this milestone would not be reached until 2017 or later.

  • Why I’m not a great fan of the Constitution

    One of the reasons that I’m not as much of a fan of the Constitution as some are is that the Constitution means what the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, say it means. The courts say the Constitution means some pretty crazy things, while at the same time, the idea of the Constitution limiting government…

  • United States Government customer service: think twice

    For those who argue that we should turn over more activity — such as health care — to the federal government, take a close look at a government monopoly that’s been around for a long time.

  • Spalding lecture examined liberty, progressivism

    This Tuesday in Emporia, constitutional scholar Matthew Spalding delivered a lecture titled “Liberty and the Constitution.” An important topic presented in this lecture is that modern American progressivism is in opposition to the principles of liberty as expressed in the founding of the United States.

  • Scott Brown, Republican, wins in Massachusetts

    At any moment Martha Coakley will concede that she has been defeated in her effort for the Democrats to hold on to late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s seat in the United States Senate, dealing a blow to President Obama’s prestige and the future of Democratic Party efforts to control increasing sectors of the American economy.

  • Obama faces earmark test

    A test for President Barack Obama is coming up soon. When campaigning for the presidency, Obama pledged to end earmark spending. As reported earlier this year in Time Magazine: “… both Obama and Republican nominee John McCain tried to outdo each other with their pledges to rid Washington of the notorious pet projects that legislators…

  • GovTrack.us helps citizens watch Congress

    The website GovTrack.us is a great resource for citizens who are interested in the United States Congress. With the rapid expansion of government in the recent past, this is something we should all be concerned with.

  • Thoughts on Constitution Day

    Today, September 17, is a little-remembered date in Kansas and arguably a day that eclipses even Independence Day in significance. On this day in 1787, occurred the signing of the U.S. Constitution. Not since the Magna Carta, (June 15, 1215) had there been such a progression by the purpose, mind and hand of mankind to…

  • Stop spending our future

    It’s hard to comprehend the spending by the federal government over the last year. The numbers are so large, the spending programs announced so quickly, one after another, that sometimes we need to step back and take a look at the big picture. When we do, it’s quite terrifying, especially when we realize that the…

  • Paygo rule meaningless, harmful

    In a letter printed in yesterday’s Wichita Eagle, Doug Ittner of Wichita promotes the benefit of a rule known as “paygo.” The purpose of this rule is to force budget discipline on Congress. As the Washington Post’s David Broder wrote in that newspaper in June: “[Paygo’s] key provision requires that any new tax cut or…